History

The Great Crusade

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The Dark Angels

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an organization of knights, and the two become close friends. The
Primarch eventually became the leader of the Order and the whole of
Caliban.
Meanwhile, unknown to the people of Caliban, the Emperor was waging his Great Crusade across the galaxy, reuniting humanity and purging entire star systems of their alien oppressors. As the Imperium's
wave of conquest advanced across the galaxy, Imperial scouts
rediscovered the isolated world of Caliban. It was not long before the
Emperor was at last reunited with El'Jonson and was filled with joy as a
father would be on finding his lost son. The Emperor's first action was
to give Lion El'Jonson control of his 1st Legion. This legion of Space Marines
had been created by the Emperor from its Primarch's DNA samples and had
fought alongside the other Imperial forces as the Great Crusade was
waged across the galaxy.[1]
The 1st Legion was thereafter termed the Dark Angels, in
reference to a Caliban legend that told of great, righteous heroes who
held back monsters. Announced by the Primarch, the connotation was in
fact first drawn by Luther, who quoted a section from the legend upon
first seeing Astartes descending using jump packs: "And the angels of darkness descended upon pinions of fire and light...the great and terrible dark angels."[12]

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Caliban was made the homeworld of the Dark Angels and the whole of the Order moved to join the ranks of the Astartes. Those knights who were still young enough had the Legion's gene seed implanted within them. Those too old for this process underwent surgery to transform them into elite warriors of the Imperium.
Although they were not full Space Marines, their enhancements granted
them special abilities and a lifespan beyond those of normal men. The
first to be brought into the Legion in this way was Luther, who became
Jonson's second-in-command, just as he always had been within the Order.
However, the Dark Angel's contributions to the Great Crusade had barely
begun when the Lion sent Luther and a small contingent of Dark Angels
back to Caliban, purportedly to garrison the world and increase the
speed and quality of the training given to the Legion's recruits.
Whatever the reason, the force sent back felt disgraced and rejected.[12]

The Great Crusade had to go on: there were countless human worlds that were still under the influence of Chaos
or suppressed by the harsh rule of alien races. So it was that the Lion
and many of the Dark Angels continued on the Emperor's Crusade for the
reunification of humanity while Luther
was left behind in charge of the remainder of the Legion on Caliban.
Despite the importance of Luther's position, it was not one that suited
his ambitious personality.
Lion El'Jonson and his Legion performed well during the Great Crusade, although during a particular battle, he and Leman Russ, Primarch of the Space Wolves
Legion, came to blows over the latter's action during the siege of the
Crimson Fortress. This event began a feud which still continues strong
in the 41st millennium, usually taking the form of a ritualistic duel
between two elected champions[2b], although it has been known to manifest itself in a very violent manner[14].

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As Jonson's fame spread throughout the galaxy and reports of his
great deeds and prowess in battle reached the Legion's home world,
Luther felt robbed of his share of the glory. He wanted the fame and
recognition that he felt he deserved as Jonson's equal. His role as
planetary governor of some half-forgotten backwater world seemed more
and more to him like an insult. The seed of jealousy and dissension that
had been planted within Luther when Jonson was made the Grand Master of
the Order now began to grow and rankle within his heart as the Primarch
became more and more celebrated and famous.[1]

The Horus Heresy

During the Horus Heresy,
the Dark Angels were far from Terra, campaigning on the shield worlds,
and were unable to participate directly in the events taking place
there. WarmasterHorus ordered the Night Lords to intercept them on the Eastern Fringe and stop them from aiding the Emperor, but after ambushing and destroying much of the Night Lords fleet in the Thramas Crusade the Dark Angels were eventually able to set course for Terra.[19] Their impending arrival, closely following that of the Ultramarines and Space Wolves
legions, (who had overcome similar obstacles), forced Horus to gamble
everything on a duel with the Emperor, his former master. Horus was
defeated by the Emperor, although the Emperor himself was fatally
wounded and had to be entombed within the life-preserving mechanism of
the Golden Throne. El'Jonson was stricken with grief over the fact that he had not been able to protect the Emperor against Horus.
After the Heresy, the Dark Angels helped restore order to the
Imperium. However, during this time, the Dark Angels who had been left
behind on Caliban became agitated at being forced to essentially babysit
a backwater planet. This led to the leader of the garrison, Luther,
turning to the Gods of Chaos, who had just been defeated with the death of their champion Horus during the Heresy.

The Great Betrayal

The Dark Angels returned to Caliban after the war, but they were
fired upon by the planetary defences. They were forced to assault their
own homeworld, where they found that their brethren had betrayed them.
In a duel which mirrored that of the Emperor and Horus, Luther and Lion
El'Jonson fought, resulting in Luther mortally wounding his former
friend. Luther went insane upon realizing he had struck down his close
friend and was captured. In a fit of rage at being defeated once again,
the Chaos Gods opened a warp rift in the planet which scattered the
traitorous "Fallen Angels" throughout the galaxy.[1] One of the "Fallen Angels" who escaped is Cypher, who reportedly took with him the Lion Blade, the sword of El'Jonson, when he was sent through the warp[Needs Citation].

The Dark Angel space fleet also bombarded the planet mercilessly, and
this caused the structure of the planet to collapse. The bombardment,
combined with the newly formed warp rift, broke the planet up and it is
now an asteroid field[Needs Citation].
This betrayal has tainted their honour in the eyes of the Dark
Angels themselves. Given that the event was purely within the Legion
itself, and was on a world far from Terra, nobody outside of the Legion
knows it occurred. Within the Chapters itself, only the elite veterans
are permitted this knowledge - in the modern Dark Angels Chapter, only
the Deathwing
and senior officers know this secret. The Chapter leadership will go to
great lengths to ensure that this knowledge does not reach the Imperium
at large, even at times going so far as to disobey direct orders from Inquisitors and cause overly curious individuals to "disappear"[Needs Citation].
Only the most senior members, known as the Inner Circle, know the
greatest secret - that Luther, the great traitor, is still alive and
insane, living in a cell deep within the Rock. Lion El'Jonson's body was
supposedly never found; Luther claims, in his near-senseless
mutterings, that the Lion is near and will return and forgive him. The
Lion actually sleeps in the most secret chamber in the rock, his
presence known only by the Watchers in the Dark
and the Emperor himself, until the time he will awaken and lead his
chapter on a new and even greater crusade. That day, so Luther said to
current Supreme Grand Master Azrael, is almost at hand[Needs Citation].

Horus Heresy Aftermath

Caliban was destroyed during the Betrayal, shattered by the warp rift
and orbital bombardment. The remains now form a sizeable asteroid
field. The largest piece, which survived due to the massive void shields
in operation around the largest fortress-monastery, called the Tower of Angels,
was hollowed out and became a gigantic spaceship/monastery which is now
the home of the Dark Angels. This ship is known simply as The Rock. Sometime after the Betrayal, the Dark Angels changed their primary heraldry colour from black to dark green[Needs Citation].
This story of treachery and betrayal is the Dark Angels' secret
shame. None know of it other than some of the Dark Angels, their
Successor Chapters and, maybe, the Emperor on his Golden Throne. Within
the Chapter itself very few Brother-Marines know exactly what happened
during those fateful days[Needs Citation].

Gene-seed

Successors

The Dark Angels and their successor chapters are collectively known as the "Unforgiven" and generally maintain close links with each other.[16]
The Chapter Masters of each chapter belong to the Inner Circle
and also carry the honorific of "Grand Master of the Inner Circle". The Dark Angels Chapter Master is also the Inner Circle supreme leader and every member of the circle answer to him when it come to the hunt for the Fallen.[16]
Dark Angel's Successor Chapters, much like themselves, will
abandon everything for the hunt of the Fallen. It's known that the Dark
Angels Legion sired at least three Second Founding chapters, although
several other are also thought to hail from this Founding.[16]

Culture

The organisation of the Dark Angels Chapter has been shaped primarily
by events in its history, as a result it is different from that of any
other. The Chapter is monastic in nature with much time being given over
to worship and prayer. There are also many different levels within the
Chapter which individuals may gradually rise through. On attaining each
level, they find out a little more about the truth behind the Dark
Angels' origins. Most Dark Angels themselves know nothing about the
beginnings of the Chapter. It is only those at the very top who have
learned the whole truth[Needs Citation].

Organisation

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organization - comprising 10 companies of roughly 100 Marines plus
Headquarters Staff, however they do have several organisational
differences which are unique to them and their Successor Chapters -

Inner Circle: It is in the organization of the Dark Angels' higher levels that the chapter deviates from the dictates of the Codex Astartes.
At the highest level of the Chapter is the Inner Circle, which consists
of a number of officers who stand apart from the company organization,
and include the Chapter's Librarians and Interrogator-Chaplains.
Companies are each led by a Master, who is part of the Inner Circle.[Needs Citation]

Recruitment

Deathwing Terminator

As the Dark Angels are no longer based on an actual world, they draw
their recruits from a variety of planets, mainly highly primitive
worlds. One of these worlds is the feral worldKimmeria, from which Azrael
himself was recruited. Representatives of the Dark Angels visit each
recruiting world once within a normal human's lifetime, and take the
strongest juveniles from the population. Each recruit is thoroughly
screened, and from the moment he is acce

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After the Heresy, the Dark Angels recruited from a single planet (known as the Plains World).
Sometime before the 41st Millennium a group of returning Deathwing
found that their planet had been overrun fifty years earlier by Genestealers,
with only a few untainted humans remaining. The Terminators, whose duty
and honour required the extermination of the genestealers, prepared
themselves for battle. Because the odds of their success were nearly
non-existent, the Terminators engaged in their native death ritual.
Instead of anointing their skin with white ash, they anointed their
armour. The Terminators cleansed the world and rescued the enslaved
populace, and in honour of those few Terminators, their armour was ever
after white. Meanwhile, the Dark Angels leadership, the Inner Circle,
recognized the folly of relying upon one planet for manpower and so
diversified their recruiting grounds.[9]

Headquarters

The ruins of Caliban are located in the Cadian sector, close to the Eye of Terror.
Prior to the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy, the planet of Caliban
was covered with lush forests inhabited by creatures warped by Chaos.
The humans of the planet were a proud, martial people forced to live in
great fortress monasteries of stone.
The Dark Angels rebuilt their fortress-monastery on the asteroid
that had borne the old one, drilling deep into the bedrock and
rebuilding the ruins. The new fortress is known officially as The Tower
of Angels, but is more commonly referred to as The Rock. The Rock has
been equipped with warp engines, enabling faster-than-light transit
through the Immaterium.[1]
The warrens beneath The Rock are where the Dark Angels bring their fallen brethren to be redeemed by their Interrogator-Chaplains. It is believed by the Inquisition to hold many other secrets.[Needs Citation]
However, even this pales in com

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and to the Emperor himself. Deep within the bedrock of the asteroid
which is their home there is a solitary chamber. In this chamber,
attended to by the Watchers in the Dark, lies the sleeping form of Lion
El'Jonson.[Needs Citation]

Belphegor
- Interrogator Chaplain; participated in the siege of Vraks (Vraks
Devastation Force) where he notably saved the life of Supreme Grand
Master Azrael by besting the traitor Alpha Legion Captain Arkos in
single combat, sending the traitor astartes reeling with a single blow
from his crozius arcanum just as Arkos was about to put an end to
Azrael's life.[6]

Sapphon
- Present Grand Master of Chaplains, he received the post neither due
to age or ability as an interrogator (Asmodai is his superior in both
these things) but due to his ability as an inspirational leader, also
referred to as the Finder of Secrets.[4c]

Molochia
- The greatest of the Dark Angels' Interrogator-Chaplains, died after
over 300 years service to the Chapter with 12 Black Pearls on his rosarius.[2c] To this day, no other Interrogator-Chaplain has been able to match his achievement.[4d]

Bethor - Battle Brother, Bearer of the Sacred Standard. (The Dark Angels have three Sacred Standards, namely the Standards of Fortitude, Retribution and Devastation).[4e]

Canon Conflicts

In the novel Angels of Darkness by Gav Thorpe,
a different version of the events on Caliban is presented: instead of
Luther, the order to open fire on the Lion's fleet come from Astelan, a Terran "Chapter Master" of the Dark Angels. This terrible truth is uncovered by the Dark Angels Chaplain Boreas[Needs Citation].
This version is partially reconciled with the previous version in the novel Fallen Angels by Mike Lee,
where Luther leads the Fallen's revolt against Lion El'Jonson and the
rest of the Dark Angels, while Astelan is Luther's subordinate and
placed in charge of Caliban's entire defence.

Notes

Many of the Dark Angel characters are named after, and inspired (to various degrees) by, figures from ancient Hebrew texts.

The Dark Angels are considered amongst the most powerful and secretive of the Loyalist Space MarineChapters. They were the I Legion of the original 20 Space MarineLegions to be created during the First Founding of the 30th Millennium. Though they claim complete allegiance and service to the Emperor of Mankind,
their actions and secret goals at times seem at odds with that
professed loyalty, as the Dark Angels strive above all other things to
atone for an ancient crime of betrayal committed over 10,000 standard
years ago against the trust of the Emperor during the time of the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy.
The Dark Angels stand first amongst the Space Marine Chapters, as
they have done since their very inception as the I Legion. They are a
proud Chapter, with traditions and rituals that date back to the
earliest days of the Imperium of Man. The origins of the Dark Angels
Chapter remain shrouded in mystery. Few Imperial records of its
beginnings still exist, nor are there many mentions of the part it
played in the Emperor’s Great Crusade
during the early 31st Millennium. Most references in the histories of
the Imperium to its deeds during the accursed times of the Horus Heresy
have actually been expunged. Yet a legend persists that at one point
the Dar

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the most terrible betrayal dishonoured all of the I Legion's feats of
valour, leaving an enduring stain upon all of its Successor Chapters'
honour. Such is their shame that from that time onwards, the Dark Angels
and their Unforgiven Successors strive for absolution from the sins of millennia past.
The Dark Angels' terrible secret is this: during the Horus
Heresy, some of the brethren were turned to the side of Chaos. The
Renegades were defeated in a battle that destroyed the Dark Angels’
Legion homeworld, Caliban, but many of the Traitor Dark Angels survived to be cast through space and time by the direct intervention of the Chaos Gods. These survivors are known to those few Dark Angels granted knowledge of their existence as The Fallen Angels or just The Fallen.
In the eyes of the Chapter’s leaders, there is only one way that the
Chapter can ever atone for its shame, restoring its honour and trust in
the eyes of the Emperor—all of the Fallen must be found and either made
to repent their ancient sin, or slain.
This story of treachery and betrayal is the Dark Angels’ hidden
shame, and their secret mission to destroy all of the Fallen is now
their only hope of salvation. No one knows of this other than the Dark
Angels, their Successor Chapters and, perhaps, the Emperor himself,
interred within his Golden Throne.
The Chapter has been shaped by its dark past and is secretive and
monastic in nature, with much time given over to worship and prayer.
There are many different levels within the Chapter which individuals may
gradually rise through. On attaining each new level, they are granted a
little more knowledge of the truth behind the Dark Angels’ origins, but
only the highest-ranking members of the Chapter, the members of what is
known as the Inner Circle, know the terrible, shameful secret of what
occurred 10,000 years ago.

Lion El'Jonson

The gestation pod containing the infant PrimarchLion El'Jonson that had been mysteriously teleported through the Warp from the Emperor's gene-laboratory beneath the Himalayan Mountains on Terra by the Ruinous Powers landed on the feudal Death World of Caliban. Caliban was a planet of immense forests inhabited by terrible, monstrous beasts mutated by the touch of Chaos in the centuries after the birth of the Chaos GodSlaanesh due to the planet's proximity to the nearby Eye of Terror. Jonson managed to survive in the forests alone, living as a wild man far from civilisation.
Caliban was home to many knightly orders of warrior-aristocrats
created to defend its people and the massive fortress-monasteries they
lived within from the Great Beasts. These knights maintained a few
aspects of Caliban's ancient technology from before the Age of Strife
and wielded primitive Bolt Pistols and wore suits of simple Power Armour
very similar to that later used by the Astartes that were handed down
from knight to knight. Despite these technological trappings, however,
Caliban remained very much a pre-industrial society whose warriors rode
to war on horseback. One of the most prominent knightly organisations
was known simply as "The Order", and was made up of commoners and nobles
alike, whereas the other knightly orders were drawn by tradition only
from the Calibanite nobility. A group of The Order's knights on patrol
in the forests discovered the feral Primarch in the forests. When the
knights seemed inclined to kill him, one man, a well-respected knight
named Luther,
stayed their hands and decided to take the Primarch into The Order.
Luther named the feral boy Lion El'Jonson, which means "the Lion, Son of
the Forest" in the Calibanite dialect of Low Gothic.
El'Jonson was taken to The Order's fortress-monastery
and taught human ways. The Lion learned to speak incredibly quickly and
soon mastered all of the necessary aspects of Calibanite culture faster
than anyone, including Luther, his mentor, foster father and best
friend, believed possible. Before long, El'Jonson had become a fierce
warrior in The Order's ranks—though of his years living alone in
Caliban's forests, he said nothing, then or later. With Luther at his
side, El'Jonson ultimately rose into the highest ranks of The Order. At
the height of his reputation, El'Jonson made clear his extraordinary
ambition: he called for a grand crusade to exterminate the Great Beasts
of Caliban so that the people of his world could finally know peace and
live free from fear. This was received with great enthusiasm by the
other members of The Order and even the other knightly orders, but it
proved to be a time-consuming process that took nearly a decade of
constant warfare against the terrible dangers of the deep forests. The
word of their successes brought an influx of new recruits into The Order
as the campaign progressed. Any Calibanite knightly order that did not
follow Jonson's lead, such as the Knights of Lupus of the northern
forests which feared that the destruction of the Great Beasts would
up-end Caliban's traditional social order, was destroyed to the last
man. After the last of the Great Beasts fell, Jonson was named Supreme
Grand Master of The Order and was recognised as the rightful ruler of
all Caliban. It seemed that the world was ready to enter the new golden
age of peace and prosperity that the Lion had promised.

Coming of the Emperor

"And the Angels of Darkness descended on pinions of fire and light... the great and terrible dark angels."

— Ancient Calibanite Fable

Shortly after the success of the campaign, the Emperor of Mankind
and his Astartes scouts arrived on Caliban after they detected the
p

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landed, El'Jonson felt the deep connection between himself and the
Master of Mankind, and swore his fealty. In return, the Emperor made the
Lion the commander of the I Legion of Space Marines that had been
created from his genome.
The Emperor had launched his Great Crusade after the end of Old Night to reunite all the lost colonies of humanity and restore Mankind's birthright as the rulers of the galaxy. The Emperor's Space Marine Legions purged entire star systems of humanity's xenos
oppressors. As the Imperium's wave of conquest advanced across the
galaxy, Imperial scouts brought word that they had rediscovered the
isolated world of Caliban in the Segmentum Obscurus
and that it was home to a man who was likely one of the missing
Primarchs. The Emperor had first sent emissaries from the I Legion to
serve as his advance force on Caliban, Astartes who had been created
from the genome of their lost Primarch Lion El'Jonson. The Imperials
brought with them all of the advanced technology that was hailed by the
people of Caliban as miraculous. Soon, the Astartes of the I Legion were
putting potential Astartes Aspirants from The Order and the other
knightly organisations through myriad martial trials and competitions to
gauge their level of martial prowess and character. Only the strongest
and most dedicated were allowed to pass to the next stage. Many within
The Order whispered that they were competing for a place within the
ranks of the Astartes. But these trials also served the secondary
purpose of determining if the human strain on Caliban was genetically
pure enough to warrant its status as a world that the I Legion could
recruit from in the coming years.
While the Calibanite knightly orders revelled in their
differences and often resorted to combat to settle their feuds, the
Astartes Legions were united in purpose and will. Such division could
not be tolerated, and at the behest of the Lion and the Astartes, the
individual knightly orders were disbanded and brought under the control
of the I Legion. Such a drastic move did not happen overnight, and could
not pass without dissenting voices, but when the Lion spoke in favour
of the union of knights and the glory that would be theirs for the
taking in the service of the Emperor, most such voices were stilled,
most, but not all.
The Emperor himself finally came to Caliban on a day that would
live on for centuries in Calibanite legend. His great vessel descended
from the heavens and he welcomed his lost son back into the fold. The
event was slightly marred by an attempt against the Emperor's life made
by certain conservative knights of The Order who feared the changes that
would be wrought to their world by the Imperium and its advanced
science and culture, but these malcontents were swiftly and mercilessly
executed as traitors by the Astartes.
More objections were raised when the soldiers of the Imperial Army
descended to the surface of Caliban. The I Legion's Aspirant trials had
already identified the likely candidates for recruitment into that
august body, but the vast majority of the planet’s population would
still be able to serve the Emperor as troops of the Imperial Army.
Within an unimaginably short period of time, the surface of Caliban was
transformed from a world of sprawling wilderness and castles to one of
martial industry that rang to the beat of factory hammers and the tramp
of booted feet as its populace girded itself for interstellar war.
The Emperor’s servants had descended to Caliban with enormous
earthmoving machines that cleared dozens of kilometres of forest a day
and left flat, lifeless soil in their wake, ready to be planted or built
upon. Mines, refineries and manufactorums followed, ready to transform
the planet’s abundant resources into vital war materiel for the
Emperor’s Crusade. Cities were built to supply the sprawling industrial
sites, growing upwards and outwards with each passing year as the
traditional villages and towns surrounding the fortress-monasteries were
emptied and their citizens relocated to better serve the Imperium.
Finally, the day arrived when those individuals whose courage had
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seen them through the Astartes trials were ready to be added to the
ranks of the I Legion. Word had come from Luther that the Astartes had
made their final selection for advanced training and the genhancement
required to join their ranks. Through the application of Imperial
science and the marvels of the gene-seed,
these Aspirants were transformed over the next several years into
Battle-Brothers of the I Legion, newly renamed the "Dark Angels" by the
Lion after an ancient Calibanite fable.
Luther had been chosen to join the I Legion by the Astartes, but
in common with a large proportion of that initial intake from The Order
and the other Calibanite knightly orders, he had been too old to benefit
from the implantation of gene-seed. In its place, Luther, and others
like him, had undergone an extensive series of genetic, surgical and
biochemical enhancement procedures designed to increase their strength,
stamina and reflexes to superhuman levels. They were taller, stronger
and quicker than mortal men, but for all that they were still not true
Astartes. It was difficult for Luther and the others to come to terms
with that fact, knowing that they were surrounded by those who had once
served under them as squires and junior knights, but were now far more
powerful than they could ever hope to become. Luther still served as the
Lion's second within the Legion, earning his position based on merit
and fuelled with a desire to prove himself by his devotion to the
Imperial ideal. But despite his successes, he could not escape his own
inner conviction that he was somehow being looked down upon because he
was not a full Astartes.

The Great Crusade

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Once the Emperor discovered Lion El'Jonson on Caliban, however,
the Primarch took command of the Dark Angels Legion that had been
created from his genetic stock, and he was granted command of the 4th
Expeditionary Fleet of the Great Crusade in orbit of the planet Sarosh,
which had formerly been commanded by an officer of the White ScarsLegion.
The Saroshi—ruled by a bureaucracy—had recently expressed their
interest in becoming part of the Imperium, and the Imperials were eager
to allow them in, believing that these people seemed to possess the same
secular beliefs as they did in the Imperial Truth. But the Saroshi (without mentioning it to the Imperial expedition) secretly worshipped Chaotic entities in the Warp
they called the Melachim, and saw the anti-religious stance of the
Pre-Heresy Imperium's Imperial Truth as unsuppressed evil. The Lord High
Exacter, the leader of the Saroshi bureaucracy, denounced Jonson and
the Emperor to his face aboard the Dark Angels' flagship, and Jonson
responded by ramming his Power Sword
through the fanatical Saroshi leader's body. The Saroshi had also
brought a nuclear device aboard their shuttle, intending to assassinate
the fleet's entire command structure, including Jonson; however, Luther
and a junior Librarian
named Zahariel managed to eject the shuttle into space, causing only
minor damage to the flagship. After this incident, Luther, Zahariel and
five hundred other Dark Angels were sent back to Caliban in disgrace for
allowing an enemy to get a nuclear device aboard the Primarch's
flagship to oversee the recruitment of new Space Marines into the Legion
from the Calibanite population.
Another incident occurred during the pacification of the world of
Dulan that started the millennia-long rivalry between the Dark Angels
and the Space Wolves. The Planetary Governor, Durath, had denounced Space Wolf Primarch Leman Russ as "the Emperor's lap-dog" and swore to feed his heart to his pet Grox.
Russ, enraged, swore to kill Durath himself and demanded the
satisfaction of leading the assault. Jonson, however, had meticulously
planned the attack and was not about to let his brother's hot-headedness
foil his plans. Jonson led the assault, leaving Russ to watch
helplessly as the Lion killed Durath. After the battle, Russ stormed
into the fortress and struck Jonson across the room. A brawl ensued that
lasted a full day and night, the two combatants being said to be
equally matched: while Russ was slightly stronger, the Lion was slightly
quicker. Russ eventually ceased and started laughing, realizing how
foolish their fight was and how he had allowed his pride and temper to
get the better of him. Jonson, however, still angry at what he
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Space Wolf out cold with one final blow. By the time Russ regained
consciousness, the Dark Angels had departed for new fields of battle in
the Great Crusade. It has since been customary for selected champions
from both Chapters to engage in a non-lethal duel whenever they meet so
that honour may be satisfied.

Horus Heresy

The Dark Angels had been posted to the Eastern Fringe of the galaxy when word reached them of Horus' treachery against the Imperium. The Warmaster Horus sent Night Haunter and his Night LordsLegion
on a campaign of genocide against the Imperial strongholds of Heroldar
and Thramas in the Aegis Sub-sector of the Eastern Fringe, thus
protecting Horus' flank and delaying the Dark Angels Legion from
reinforcing the Loyalists. This bitterly contested campaign dragged on
for nearly three standard years, but ultimately ended in failure for the
traitorous Night Lords. As the Dark Angels were in transit to Terra alongside the Space WolvesLegion, so too was the UltramarinesLegion,
who had also thwarted Horus' efforts to keep them from Terra. The three
Legions arrived too late; Horus had been defeated and the Emperor
grievously wounded at the climactic Battle of Terra, his shattered body placed within the life-support mechanisms of the arcane Golden Throne.
All record and memory of the Traitor Legions
was expunged from the Imperial archives and their homeworlds and bases
of operations were attacked. All across the Imperium, a tangled web of
suspicion hung over everything, misdoubts that were only made worse as
further investigations revealed yet deeper corruption. Thus began the Age of the Imperium, an era steeped in paranoia, recriminations and vengeance.

In the aftermath of the Horus Heresy, the surviving Loyalists rallied
the reeling Imperium. The Dark Angels took a significant part in these
battles, which later came to be called the Great Scouring. As they pursued the rebels, the I Legion
diverted to nearby Caliban, which had been enshrouded by Warp Storms
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remained to be discovered. Upon the Dark Angels' arrival in orbit, they
were fired upon from the surface. Pulling back the Legion fleet,
El'Jonson tried to find out what had happened, and discovered that Luther
-- who had become embittered by what he perceived as El'Jonson always
taking all the glory -- had poisoned the minds of the Dark Angels
garrison and the new recruits that had been left on the planet against
their Primarch. Correctly believing that Luther and the planet-side Dark
Angels had actually been tainted by Chaos, an infuriated Jonson ordered that Caliban be bombarded from orbit, destroying the planet's defences.
El'Jonson then led his forces to the surface and assaulted the Order's fortress-monastery, where he confronted Luther in single combat. Luther, transformed into a Chaos Champion by the power of the Chaos Gods,
was now evenly matched in strength with the enraged Primarch. The
battle between the two levelled the Order's fortress-monastery as the
planet was coming apart around them, the orbital bombardment taking a
heavy toll on the surface. El'Jonson managed to wound Luther, but could
not bring himself to kill the man who had been his brother and mentor.
Luther lashed out with a powerful sorcerous attack that mortally wounded
the Primarch. As he saw what he had done, Luther felt a veil lift from
his eyes, and the Chaos Gods -- seeing that once again their chosen
Champion had failed to defeat the lackeys of the Emperor of Mankind --
lashed out with the powers of the Warp. The Fallen Angels were scattered throughout space and time, and Caliban tore itself apart under the strain of the Ruinous Powers'
assault. The only portion of the planet remaining intact was the rock
on which stood the fortress-monastery in which Luther and the Lion had
duelled. The Dark Angels entered the shattered monastery and captured
the broken Luther; of El'Jonson himself, however, there was no sign. It
was believed that Jonson was thrown into the maelstrom of space and time
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still lived, though he had been placed into a coma and had reemerged
into realspace with the aid of the Watchers in the Dark in a secret chamber deep beneath the fortress-monastery which even his brethren did not know existed. Only the Emperor of Mankind, sitting silent on the Golden Throne
from which he sees all, and the Watchers themselves, know this greatest
secret of the Dark Angels. Even the Supreme Grand Master of the Chapter
is not privy to this truth. However, legends soon spread throughout the
Chapter that the Lion would find his way back to the Dark Angels on
that grim day when they went to war in defence of the Imperium for the
final time.
Ten standard millennia later, a captured Fallen Angel named Merir Astelan
would tell a different version of these events. According to Astelan,
Lion El'Jonson was late in arriving to the defence of Terra not due to
being too far away, but because he was waiting to see whether it was
Horus or the Emperor who won the great conflict between them. Astelan,
believing that those who were with Jonson would not forgive them for
turning on their brothers, ordered the defensive batteries of Caliban to
fire upon the returning Dark Angels' fleet. The difference between the
Dark Angels' view of the fall of Caliban and that of the Fallen Angel
Astelan is considered to be due to Astelan's literally warped perception
of these events, but some aspects of this story may ring with truth
after all, and Lion El'Jonson might have betrayed the Emperor in his
heart, if not in his mind, when he was most needed.

After the Horus Heresy

With their Primarch missing and their Battle-Brothers on Caliban having betrayed them to Chaos, the Dark Angels swore to redeem themselves in the eyes of the Emperor and force the Fallen Angels
to repent or die. They decided the true story of treachery behind the
destruction of Caliban must remain secret; no outsider must learn of the
schism that had split the I Legion, or that any Dark Angels had ever
turned to the service of the Ruinous Powers. Should the truth be revealed, the Dark Angels would be labelled Excommunicate Traitoris
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the Legion formed a secret conclave -- an Inner Circle of the Legion's
Masters. They created an overlapping system to watch over their own
Brothers, and also themselves. Everyone must be scrutinised for signs of
corruption. Thus started a spiral of mistrust and secrecy that
continues to this day.
Such was the scale of the disaster of the Fall of Caliban that there could be no
hiding it. Psykers across the galaxy had sensed the Warp Storm
that ripped the world apart, and the titanic flash of the tempest
meeting the indomitable force field surrounding the Dark Angels'
fortress-monastery had blazed like a supernova. However, the Dark Angels
erected a systematic cover-up of the truth, for each remaining
Battle-Brother of the I Legion had taken stringent vows of unspeakable
binding to never reveal what really took place on Caliban. Their story
might not have held up under an intense inquiry, but it was a time of
great upheaval in the Imperium and the retreating Traitor Legions were bolder near the Eye of Terror: the Night Lords,
in particular, laid many ambushes that took a high toll on their
Imperial pursuers. That a Warp Storm had claimed the Dark Angels'
homeworld, and so many of their brethren, was but another tragedy in a
deluge of grim tidings.
Inquiries found the Dark Angels battered, grief-stricken and
bereft of reinforcements, but there was little time for any succour, for
war called. Across the galaxy, Traitor strongholds remained and many
rebellious planets had yet to be shown the error of their judgement, but
most ominous of all was the rise of the xenos
threat. Much of the Imperium's strength had been siphoned off in the
civil war and so countless planets found themselves at the mercy of a
new wave of xenos attacks. Leaving only those necessary to oversee the
work being done on the reconstruction of what would become The Rock,
the Dark Angels split their remaining Legion fleet in an attempt to
answer the many distress calls that reached them. In the Cadian Sector
they joined the Blood Angels, themselves still reeling from the loss of their Primarch Sanguinius during the Battle of Terra. Together, like vengeful angels, they drove the Traitors and daemons alike into exile. On Seption Prime, Dark Angels Terminator companies arrived just in time to provide a rearguard action, allowing the Ultramarines to extract their forces before that Plague Planet lost to the pestilential whims of Nurgle was destroyed by Exterminatus.
All

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warriors, utterly dedicated to the destruction of the Emperor's enemies.
Upon their return to The Rock, the much-depleted Dark Angels
found disturbing news. At the time of the Fall of Caliban, the Dark
Angels thought their traitorous brethren had all been destroyed,
vanquished in the Warp Storm that blossomed in the death throes of their
homeworld. The Fallen Angels had been swept into the vortex of that
horrific rent in the galaxy, but the fury of the Dark Gods had not slain
them. The scryings of the Legion's Librarians searched long and hard
for their missing Primarch and of him they could read no signs. They
did, however, pick up traces of the Fallen and determined that the
Traitors yet lived, although what remained of their psychic signatures
were widespread, and the connections were already fading out of
mindsight.

Beginning of the Hunt

The Masters of the I Legion greeted this new shock with typical
stoicism, despite the inner turmoil it created. On the one hand, they
feared their nightmare would be
revealed -- that while the Fallen lived, knowledge of their Legion's
treachery against the Emperor might be spread throughout the galaxy. On
the other hand, the continued existence of the Traitors offered hope,
for if the Renegades could be tracked down and forced to repent, then
the sins of the Legion might be absolved, washed away in the blood of
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long as even one of the Fallen remained alive and unrepentant, the Dark
Angels would be Unforgiven,
cursed by their brothers to atone for all eternity. So began the secret
mission that would prove the driving force behind the Dark Angels' and
their Successors' actions for millennia to come. To this day, the Dark
Angels and their Successor Chapters of the Unforgiven continue to wage a
war of repentance to wipe this secret stain from the honour of the old I
Legion. They can never truly rest until every one of the Fallen has
been eliminated. Dark Angels hold the duty of capturing or killing the
Fallen as their most important duty, superseding all other necessities.
There have been cases where the Dark Angels have literally left the
battlefield in the middle of combat against the Emperor's foes in order
to chase down a suspected sighting of a Fallen Angel.

Notable Campaigns

Using The Rock as their mobile fortress, the Dark Angels have
crisscrossed the galaxy bringing war to the Emperor's enemies. Few other
Space Marine Chapters can match their roll call of victories -- for
they have fought in the forefront of many of the most crucial battles in
the Imperium's history. For the Dark Angels, however, no action ever is
enough to atone for the sins of their ancestors -- they remain the
Unforgiven until every last Fallen Angel has been captured, repented and
accepted the Emperor's Peace.
When the Dark Angels achieve a battlefield objective, they
immediately leave to seek their next engagement. They are not a Chapter
who rebuilds shattered Imperial worlds or performs humanitarian missions
-- they are the Emperor's warriors, bred solely for battle. After every
combat, they reclaim their wounded and fallen comrades and any
prisoners they have taken before returning to their orbiting fleet.
As a general rule, the secretive Dark Angels do not share battle records with the Administratum. They comply with the letter of Imperial law which requires that astropathic reports be made to Terra
concerning their campaigns, but these communications remain minimal.
The Imperium's knowledge of the Chapter's plans and actions are vague,
on a par with only the Space Wolves,
who are infamous for the utter disregard they show the bureaucrats of
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about the Dark Angels' activities from outside reports, such as those
submitted by those Planetary Governors and Imperial Commanders who fought beside them, or from the Inquisitors
sent to inspect them. With their triumphs far too numerous to list in
full here in this limited space, what follows are those battles that the
Dark Angels themselves consider worthy of special commemoration by the
Chapter.

Unification Wars (UnknHow to paint Dark angels space marines, Heres a tutorial on how to paint dark angels space marines.
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and so were originally under the command of the Emperor himself. When
he first began to breed a new type of superhuman warrior using the
genome of the missing Primarch Lion El’Jonson, candidates were selected
from those Terrans that had fought beside the Emperor during the Unification Wars
when he first revealed himself and his purpose. With their aid, the
Emperor reconquered Terra and humanity was on the brink off launching
into a golden age – the Age of the Imperium.
So it was not strange that when he perfected his techniques for the
creation of the Space Marines, many of these Terrans were chosen to lead
the Great Crusade.

Subjugation of Sarosh (Unknown Date.M30) – Shortly after
their entry into the Great Crusade the 4th Expeditionary Fleet of the
Dark Angels reached the orbit of the planet Sarosh (officially codified
as Sigma Five-One-Seven), which had formerly been commanded by an
officer of the White Scars
Legion. The Saroshi - ruled by a bureaucracy - had recently expressed
their interest in becoming part of the Imperium, and the Imperials were
eager to allow them in, believing that these people seemed to express
the same secular beliefs as they did in the Imperial Truth.
But the Saroshi (without mentioning it to the Imperial expedition)
secretly worshipped Chaotic entities in the Warp they called the
Melachim, and saw the anti-religious stance of the Pre-Heresy Imperium's
Imperial Truth as unsuppressed evil. The Lord High Exacter, the leader
of the Saroshi bureaucracy, denounced Jonson and the Emperor to the
Primarch's face aboard the Dark Angels' flagship, and Lion El’Jonson
responded by ramming his Power Sword through the fanatical Saroshi
leader's body. Unknown to the Dark Angels, the Saroshi had secreted a
nuclear device aboard their shuttle, intending to assassinate the
fleet's entire command structure, including Jonson; however, Luther and a
junior Librarian named Zahariel managed to eject the shuttle into
space, causing only minor damage to the flagship. After this incident,
Luther, Zahariel and five hundred other Dark Angels were sent back to
Caliban in disgrace, for allowing an enemy to get a nuclear device
aboard the Primarch's flagship, to oversee the recruitment of new Space
Marines into the Legion from the Calibanite population.

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discovered the far flung world of Byzanthis during their exploration of
system DX-619. A radio signature, faint or perhaps even nonexistent,
had brought the Dark Angels here; the merest chattering murmur against
the background radiation of the universe. Another Dark Angels’ fleet,
under the command of Chapter Master Belath, joined Astelan’s only two
weeks earlier in the Calcabrina System, on orders from the Lion, that
Belath add his forces to the expedition. Astelan had never met Belath
but this was not surprising. The massive influx of warriors into the
Legion following the rediscovery of Caliban meant that there were many
commanders who had never met each other, tossed together on task forces
and in warzones all across the galaxy. That one such Chapter commander
had been despatched to assist Astelan was curious for the simple fact
that there had been little enough for Astelan’s Chapter to do and
additional forces were unlikely to change that. When the two Chapter
Masters finally met face-to-face, they differed on their approach of
what action should be taken against the newly discovered world. Astelan
advocating making a peaceful overture to the planet’s locals in order to
foster good relations. Belath advocated a more aggressive approach and
to subdue the planet through force of arms. Chapter Master Astelan
cautioned Belath that they should only use force when all other forms of
diplomacy had failed. The younger Chapter Master did not agree with the
senior commander’s assessment, but would defer to his position for now.
Upon first contact with the local populace, Astelan’s landing force was
engaged by the local military. The local military sustained substantial
losses while the Dark Angels received only minimal casualties.
Receiving a looped message from planet’s global council (known as the
Committee of Nations) Astelan hoped to make amends for the inadvertent
conflict and communicate with the council, forcing the state governments
to treat with them through the Committee of Nations, and hopefully
forge a common fate for the whole planet. The younger Calibinite Chapter
Master Belath would not consent to this course of action. Chapter
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Council representative of the benefits of becoming a part of the newly
forged Imperium of Man under the beneficence of the Emperor of Mankind.
But these negotiations were interrupted by the unheralded arrival of
Chapter Master Belath. Ten massively armoured Terminators teleported
into the chambers and opened fired on the startled delegates, massacring
a good portion of their number. Belath deferred to the senior Astelan
and inquired whether he should order the rest of his fleet to attack or
whether they should teleport back to orbit. Astelan was filled with a
mixture of rage and incredulity. Forcing his hand, Astelan reluctantly
ordered the assault. He warned his younger counterpart that the blood of
all who died on Byzanthis would be on his hands, and that he would not
let his actions go unpunished. The younger Chapter Master merely
dismissed the senior commander’s threats and proceeded to inform Astelan
that he had already sent word to Caliban of what had occurred on
Byzanthis and that he would soon learn the consequences of disobedience.

Assault on Dulan (Unknown Date.M30) – As the Space
Marine Legions pushed back the frontiers of the Imperium, each Primarch
strove to excel in the eyes of the Emperor and none more so than Leman
Russ, Primarch of the Space Wolves. Only Horus and Lion El’Jonson could
claim more victories than Russ and this was a constant frustration for
him. It was on the world of Dulan where the Space Wolves were fighting
alongside the Dark Angels that matters came to a head. The Tyrant of
Durath had personally insulted the Emperor, sacrificing thousands of
Imperial priests to his patron Daemon, and both Russ and Jonson desired
the honour of slaying this heretic. The Tyrant Durath insulted Russ,
causing him to demand the right to lead the attack on the fortress.
Johnson ignored him and led his own carefully planned attack instead,
killing the Tyrant personally. After the battle Russ confronted and
attacked Johnson, and the two dueled for a day and a night. Russ
eventually stopped attacking, seeing the humor of the situation, at
which point Johnson knocked him unconscious. Now he considered honour to
be satisfied. The prostrate Russ was carried from the fortress by his
men and, when he regained consciousness, the Dark Angels had already
departed to fight in the Alisore campaign. Russ swore he would avenge
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ancient duel of the Primarchs in order that honour may be satisfied.

Alisore Campaign (Unknown Date.M30) – This was an Imperial Compliance carried out by the Dark Angels during the Great Crusade against the world of Alisore.

Siege of Barrakan (Unknown Date.M30) - This was an Imperial Compliance carried out by the Dark Angels during the Great Crusade against the Orks
on the world of Barrakan. A notable campaign of this Compliance action
was the defence of Firebase Endriago. A Chapter of the Dark Angels had
been cut off by the Greenskins and trapped at the firebase for 18
months. By the end, the beleaguered Astartes were fighting off the alien
assaults with fists and pieces of sharpened steel scavenged from
bombed-out strongpoints, but through it all Brother Nemiel
had never wavered. He had taunted the Greenskins relentlessly and
exhorted his brothers to acts of ever-greater defiance in the face of
insurmountable odds. When a Greenskin’s crude axe had shattered his knee
he had grabbed the beast by one of its tusks and kicked it to death
just for spite. When the last line of defence was broken, he had stood
his ground in the face of a massive xenos champion and fought an epic
duel that had given the Chapter time to launch a counter-attack that
finally exhausted the last of the enemy’s strength. The next day, when
relief forces finally managed to fight their way through to the
firebase, Nemiel had stood on the ramparts and cheered with the rest of
his brothers. It took several minutes before he registered the slaps on
his shoulders and back and realised that the Chapter was not cheering
for victory -- they were cheering for him. Not long after, the Chapter
voted unanimously for him to take the place of Brother- Redemptor
Barthiel, who had fallen during the darkest hours of the siege.

Suppression of the Gordian League (Unknown Date.M31) -
This was an Imperial Compliance carried out by the Dark Angels during
the 200th year of the Great Crusade against the Shield Worlds of the
Gordian League -- a confederation of human worlds who were allied with
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oaths of allegiance, along with Primarch Angron’s World Eaters,
Mortarion’s Death Guard and Fulgrim’s Emperor’s Children. They also
received word of the atrocity committed against the doomed world of
Istvaan III, when Horus ordered it to be virus-bombed, rendered it a
lifeless planet. The Warmaster knew that the Emperor would respond with
all the force he had available. Jonson believed that the Dark Angels'
deployment to the Shield Worlds was part of an effort to scatter the
Imperium’s most loyal servants as far as possible in order to minimize
the number of Legions Horus would have to face at any given time. Even
so, a strike force of seven full Legions posed a dire threat to Horus’s
survival, as they made their way towards Istvaan V. Jonson's forces were
too deeply enmeshed in the Shield Worlds to respond quickly to Horus’s
treachery; the best estimates of the Primarch's staff indicated that it
would take them nearly eight months to conclude their offensive
operations, even on an emergency basis, and reposition themselves for a
strike against Istvaan V. Even if they could move more quickly, Horus’s
agents would be able to alert the Warmaster in time to organise a
counter-strike. However, Jonson believed that a small, hand-picked
force, might accomplish what an entire Legion could not. The Primarch
issued orders for many of their reserve squadrons to resupply and
prepare for immediate deployment to the Tanagra System. Their primary
target was to secure the Forge World
of Diamat. They could not afford to let the Warmaster acquire the
substantial supplies and ordnance needed to fortify the world of Istvaan
V against the approaching Loyalist strike force. Jonson would
personally lead the expedition to Diamat, with a battle group of fifteen
warships. Secrecy was vital, as the Primarch was aware that the
Warmaster's agents were more than likely tracking the Dark Angels'
movements.

Thramas Crusade (ca. 005-008.M31) - During the Horus Heresy the WarmasterHorus sent Night Haunter and his Night Lords Legion on a campaign of genocide against the Imperial strongholds of Heroldar and Thramas in the Aegis Sub-sector of the Eastern Fringes,
thus protecting Horus' flank and delaying the Dark Angels Legion from
reinforcing the Loyalists. This bitterly contested campaign dragged on
for nearly three standard years. In an attempt to sway his brother Lion El'Jonson
to Horus' cause, the Night Haunter left a deep-void beacon in the
patrol path of one of the Dark Angels' outrider vessels. The beacon was
set to transmit coordinates in advance, so that the two Primarchs could
meet and parley on the planet of Tsagualsa. Night Haunter wanted to break his former brother either mentally, physically or both to obtain his objectives. The Primarchs were accompanied by two warriors from their personal Honour Guards
to the parley. The meeting began amicably enough between the two as
they conversed with relative civility. This amity lasted only until the
Night Haunter slandered El'Jonson, and in return the Lion struck his
former brother. This melee further degenerated into an all-out brawl
between the two sides. As the Night Haunter strangled the life out of
El'Jonson, one of the Dark Angels Honour Guardsman ran his sword through
the Night Haunter's back, saving his Primarch's life. Eventually both
Legions sent reinforcements in response to this incident. Each side
dragged away their respective Primarchs from the scene of the combat.
Both Primarchs survived this brutal confrontation and went on to
continue the contest between their Legions for control of the Aegis
Sub-sector. When next they fought, the Dark Angels executed a
meticulously planned ambush on the Night Lords' fleet while it was in
transit across the sub-sector that saw the back of the Night Lords
Legion broken and their Primarch mortally wounded after having faced his
brother El'Jonson once again in mortal combat. Thanks to the skilled
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Unfortunately, the remainder of the Night Lords fleet fled the Dark
Angels' wrath, taking their critically wounded Primarch with them before
the Lion could finally end his wretched life.

Fall of Caliban (Unknown Date.M31) - In the aftermath of
the Horus Heresy, the surviving Loyalists rallied the reeling Imperium.
The Dark Angels took a significant part in these battles, which later
came to be called the Great Scouring. As they pursued the rebels, the I Legion diverted to nearby Caliban, which had been enshrouded by Warp Storms
since Horus' betrayal. For Lion El'Jonson, one final act of treachery
remained to be discovered. Upon the Dark Angels' arrival in orbit, they
were fired upon from the surface. Pulling back the Legion fleet,
El'Jonson tried to find out what had happened, and discovered that Luther
-- who had become embittered by what he perceived as El'Jonson always
taking all the glory -- had poisoned the minds of the Dark Angels
garrison and the new recruits that had been left on the planet against
their Primarch. Correctly believing that Luther and the planet-side Dark
Angels had actually been tainted by Chaos,
an infuriated Jonson ordered that Caliban be bombarded from orbit,
destroying the planet's defences. El'Jonson then led his forces to the
surface and assaulted the Order's fortress-monastery, where he confronted Luther in single combat. Luther, transformed into a Chaos Champion by the power of the Chaos Gods,
was now evenly matched in strength with the enraged Primarch. The
battle between the two levelled the Order's fortress-monastery as the
planet was coming apart around them, the orbital bombardment taking a
heavy toll on the surface. El'Jonson managed to wound Luther, but could
not bring himself to kill the man who had been his brother and mentor.
Luther lashed out with a powerful sorcerous attack that mortally wounded
the Primarch. As he saw what he had done, Luther felt a veil lift from
his eyes, and the Chaos Gods -- seeing that once again their chosen
Champion had failed to defeat the lackeys of the Emperor of Mankind --
lashed out with the powers of the Warp. The Fallen Angels were scattered throughout space and time, and Caliban tore itself apart under the strain of the Ruinous Powers'
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duelled. The Dark Angels entered the shattered monastery and captured
the broken Luther; of El'Jonson himself, however, there was no sign. It
was believed that Jonson was thrown into the maelstrom of space and time
by the Chaos Gods along with the Fallen. The truth was that the Lion
still lived, though he had been placed into a coma and had reemerged
into realspace with the aid of the Watchers in the Dark in a secret chamber deep beneath the fortress-monastery which even his brethren did not know existed. Only the Emperor of Mankind, sitting silent on the Golden Throne
from which he sees all, and the Watchers themselves, know this greatest
secret of the Dark Angels. Even the Supreme Grand Master of the Chapter
is not privy to this truth. However, legends soon spread throughout the
Chapter that the Lion would find his way back to the Dark Angels on
that grim day when they went to war in defence of the Imperium for the
final time.

Search for Recruiting Worlds (120.M31) - Necessity
demands that the Dark Angels find a new recruiting world after the
destruction of Caliban, but at this date, a conscious decision is made
instead by the Chapter to establish many. This plan is agreed to by the High Lords of Terra
as it allows for contingencies and preserves the Chapter's genetic
diversity. For the Dark Angels, it allows the preservation of a mantle
of secrecy, for no one is entirely sure of the number of the Chapter's
recruiting worlds or of how many Aspirants are taken into The Rock.

The Forgotten Wars (580.M31 - 632.M32) - Rumours lead
the Dark Angels, with two of their Successor Chapters, to embark upon a
harrowing campaign. In hindsight it is easy to see that the Ruinous Powers baited the Dark Angels, luring them into the swirling edge of the Eye of Terror. Only the Dark Angels' irrepressible resolve allows them to escape, and they pay a high price in casualties.

Missing Foundings (ca. M33) - There are many Space Marine Chapter Foundings during this era, but the High Lords of Terra purposefully do not seek to use the gene-seed of the Dark Angels Chapter for any of them.

Second Mortis Gate Campaign (560.M33) - Almost the
entire Dark Angels Chapter takes to the field, and it is recorded that
all three of the Sacred Standards of the Chapter flew above the scene of
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Red Stars Campaign (732.M33-822.M33) - In a series of wars, the mineral-rich Kulgotha System is scoured of xenos
and claimed by the Imperium of Man. The Dark Angels take part in many
of these battles, including deploying in full Chapter strength at the
climactic Battle of Vermilac Prime.

Noble Passing (101.M34) - While leading his Chapter to victory in the Bloodpox Campaign against the Death GuardTraitor Legion and the Brotherhood of the Plague, the twelfth Supreme Grand Master of the Dark Angels Chapter, the esteemed Armaros, contracts the loathsome pox known as Nurgle's Rot. His rapid deformation convinces the Supreme Grand Master to immediately pass the Lion Helm
to his successor. To ensure the infection does not spread, Armaros
voluntarily enters The Rock's reactor chamber and is wholly consumed.

In the Wrong Hands (456.M34) - Inquisitor Halleck, after
many decades tracking degenerates in wilderness space, captures a
mysterious Heretic known only as the Angel of Truth. The last Vox
broadcast by Halleck's ship claims the prisoner has broken under
questioning and revealed a deep-rooted heresy. While returning to Terra with his revelations, the Inquisitor is beset by an unknown enemy. The only Imperial force in the vicinity is the Dark Angels' Strike CruiserBlack Sword of Vengeance. They report no sign of the Inquisitor, his vessel or the prisoner.

Raid on Nova Terra (104.M35) - The Dark Angels, following Cypher's
trail, are led to believe that at least one member of the newly
declared Ur-Council of Nova Terra is a Fallen Dark Angel. In a daring
raid, a Ravenwing strike force lands upon Nova Terra but fails to secure any prisoners.

Hrakon Campaign (495.M35) - The Segmentum Pacificus is the centre of unrest during the Nova Terra Interregnum
and the Chapter's Inner Circle continues to follow the many clues that
have led them deep into the internecine fighting in the region. Known to
the Dark Angels as the Hrakon Campaign, they systematically seek out
Obidiah Hrakon, the despot ruler of an upstart planet which has been
pivotal in its support of Nova Terra. In the Veiled Region,
the Dark Angels finally corner Hrakon, who takes refuge on a piratical
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for the ancient Dark Angels Legion. Refusing to give up, Obidiah is
subdued after a duel with the Grand Master of the Deathwing and is
transported back to The Rock to face the tender mercies of the Interrogator-Chaplains. His death is not an easy one.

Cataclysm of Souls (975.M35) - Still operating largely
in the Segmentum Pacificus during the Nova Terra Interregnum, the Dark
Angels take part in the fierce fighting of the Cataclysm of Souls. In
addition to putting down those who reject the authority of the High
Lords of Terra and the Ecclesiarchy, they search for signs of the
Fallen. It is a civil war the likes of which the Imperium has not seen
since the Horus Heresy.

Hrud Rising (980.M35) - The Dark Angels take part in the task force cleansing the Hrud
infestations that erupt across the Imperium at this time. With two of
their three assigned sectors cleared, The Rock disappears as the Dark
Angels leave the campaign to pursue their own objectives. The Chapter Master of the Ultramarines
files a complaint with the High Lords of Terra about the Dark Angels'
behaviour, although no action is seen to be taken in response.

Trail of Unbelief (314.M36-334.M36) - The Dark Angels
begin a two-decade-long campaign beset with many battles to hunt down
Brother Machius, a former lieutenant of Cardinal Bucharis during the
great rebellion known as the Plague of Unbelief. Despite several ambushes set by the Night LordsTraitor Legion,
the Dark Angels prevail -- the Ravenwing locate Machius on th
plague-ridden world of Gronmoth, capturing him at the Battle of Black
Death.

Rebulus Cleansing (439.M36) - Following a mysterious
trail, the Dark Angels and several of their Successor Chapters begin a
30-year campaign that uproots hidden cults and corrupt officials across
three sectors of Imperial space. The battles against this network of
subversion bring much suffering to the Rebulus System before the
corruption is finally subdued, culminating in the destruction of the
artificial moons surrounding the planet Ixx.

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both deploy their entire 1st Companies to end the five year deadlock in
the Imperial assault against a rebel tyrant. Nigh on two hundred Terminators
crack open the "unassailable" fortress and massacre the Traitors, save
for those few who are taken to The Rock for slow, painful questioning.

Battle for Kurin's Acropolis (Persembe II) (551.M37) – Situated dangerously close to the Eye of Terror, the world of Persembe II suffered a ferocious assault by the High Anarchist Potchek – a vile Chaos Magister whose Forces of Chaos left that world's Planetary Defence Force
reeling. Within a week, Potchek’s legions swept away all organised
resistance and what few Imperial forces remained were driven back to
Kurin’s Acropolis, the site of an ancient structure raised to the glory
of the Emperor during the Great Crusade. Fortunately, their salvation
came in the form of the Dark Angels' 3rd Company, and few battle honours
evoke more hard-won pride than the lone ribbon that commemorates this
campaign. The Astartes of the 3rd Company made a daring Drop Pod assault on Persembe II and created a thin cordon between the Acropolis and the approaching horde of daemons and Chaos Cultists. Master Baradiel, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with his Command Squad,
orchestrated a defence that stopped the Chaos forces dead. Once
reinforced by the company’s war machines, the Dark Angels advanced upon
the enemy. Eventually Baradiel came upon the Anarchist and blew the
Potchek’s head away from his body with his Storm Bolter. The Archenemy’s
army fractured and the Daemons fled back into the Immaterium. As the
mortal soldiers turned to flee the Astartes wrath, the Dark Angels fell
upon them. None escaped their righteous fury.

Battle of Midpoint (871.M37) - An Eldar
fleet threatens to destroy the massive space docks of Midpoint in the
Argonnes Sector. The sudden appearance of The Rock and the Dark Angels'
Swordfleet tips the battle in the Imperium's favour. The Eldar retreat,
but not before the firepower of The Rock annihilates their capital ship
and a half dozen vessels of their armada. To this day, the savaged hulls
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Betrayal at Zambeque (883.M37) - The Ravenwing follows a trail that leads all the way to the Imperial Governor of Zambeque,a key Imperial planet sometimes called the gateway to the Gothic Sector.
Before they can apprehend the Governor for questioning, however, the
planet declares open rebellion against the Imperium. The Dark Angels'
task force is surrounded upon Zambeque by Chaos Space Marines of the Alpha Legion, and only the timely counterstrike by half of the Deathwing
prevents the annhilation of the entire 5th Company. The Governor, a
Fallen Angel who was once known as Brother Solas, escapes with the
remnants of his Traitor Marine allies.

Hunt for Solas (987.M37) - After picking up the trail of the Fallen Angel Brother Solas, the entire Ravenwing deploys en masse on the plains of Picus, an Agri-world in the Orar Sub-sector. All ten of the Ravenwing's Deathshrouds join
the hunt, bringing a shroud of arcane darkness to that world's
sun-drenched surface that can be seen from orbit. Despite their sweeping
efforts, Brother Solas evades his pursuers again, and the Chapter
records state that Cypher himself may have had a hand in Solas' uncanny escape.

Altid Crusade (299.M38-309.M38) – The Dark Angels played
a crucial part in the Altid Crusade, a decade-long campaign that ended
on the colony world of Altid 156. The Dark Angels committed an assault
upon the colony world of Altid 156 after it had rejected the rule of
Terra decades before and declared independence from the Imperium. The
Dark Angels Crusade force was composed of 3 Ravenwing Squads, 5 DeathwingTerminator Squads and 5 Tactical Squads
of the 5th Company, along with various support vehicles. Assaulting the
pilgrim-colonists’ headquarters, the Deathwing met the foe they had
really come to fight. Not the separatist colonists, but their leader –
Elucidax the Keeper, a Heretic known to have inspired dozens of
rebellions across the quadrant. But Elucidax was known by the Dark
Angels by another name: Zeriah, the one-time Captain of the Dark Angels
Legion's 14th Assault Company. Though Zeriah was a formidable opponent,
killing a dozen Dark Angels, the Ravenwing captured him and transported
him back to The Rock. Interrogator-ChaplainAsmodai
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sin in joining Luther in rebellion against the Dark Angels Legion, and
languishes alone in a cell to this day. Though their actions on Altid
156 had not been coordinated with the rest of the forces of the Imperium
engaged in the Crusade so that they could capture the Fallen Angel, the
Dark Angels claimed that "Elucidax the Keeper" had been slain at their
hands. This ensured that despite the breach in protocol, no inquiries by
other Imperial authorities would be made.

The Blackest Time (666.M38) - Three Grand Masters of the
Ravenwing are lost in a single year in 666.M38, each one slain while in
pursuit of a group of Fallen Dark Angels. This marks the beginning of
an unprecedented two-decade period where the Ravenwing has no Grand
Master. During this time, the Ravenwing are given direct orders from the
Grand Master of the 2nd Company of the Angels of Vengeance, as the Dark Angels wait until a suitable candidate can be found from within their own ranks.

Hundred Planet Rebellion (519.M39) - While attempting to follow Cypher's
path, the Dark Angels uncover a mad priest named Alldric the Subverter.
The Heretic visionary had led a swathe of planets on the borders of the
Veiled Region to reject the rule of the Imperium. Within a decade, the
Dark Angels and several of their Successor Chapters suppress the Chaos Cultist uprisings and slay their leaders.

The Lost Hope of Perdition (891.M39) - An investigation by the Dark Angels of a Space Hulk designated the The Lost Hope of Perdition newly materialised out of the Warp discovers strong elements of the Renegades known as The Cleaved to be aboard. The ensuing fight is won when Dark Angels Assault Squads, advancing behind a trio of Dreadnoughts, get close enough to set Cyclonic Charges in the Hulk's engine rooms.

Destruction of Grymm's Landing (550.M40) - One of the first and most reliable of the Dark Angels' recruiting worlds is destroyed in an uprising, instigated by the Alpha Legion and supported by elements of the Night Lords.

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decades, the Dark Angels are one of the Space Marine Chapters tasked
with suppressing the civil wars collectively known as the Macharian Heresy that are ongoing across many of the territories gained by the Imperium during the Macharian Crusade of the Lord Solar Macharius. The Ravenwing uncover several corrupt cults, largely instigated by the Alpha Legion, and the unmistakable signs of Cypher's presence. During the Lythanos Uprisings, only a run-in with the Space Wolves allows several of the Fallen to escape the Dark Angels' grasp.

Fourth Quadrant Rebellion (775-780.M41) - The Dark
Angels were one of a dozen Space Marine Chapters that took part in the
suppression of multiple revolts and Secessionist outbreaks which set
ablaze nearly a full quarter of the Segmentum Solar and outlying star systems which was known as the Fourth Quadrant Rebellion.
These brushfire conflicts proved difficult to stamp out, not least
because there was no single enemy or common cause behind them, but
rather countless long-standing grudges and the fruits of many centuries
of misrule and savage oppression by a series of corrupt Imperial Planetary Governors. These civil conflicts were quickly made all the worse by the opportunist attacks of Chaos Cults, Renegades and xenos forces taking advantage of the widespread anarchy the rebellion engendered.

The Egammonon Revolt – More than a dozen Space Marine
Chapters were caught up in the fighting of the Fourth Quadrant
Rebellion, either aiding one faction or another or simply defending
their own territories, whilst others were brought in by the Imperium to
pacify the quadrant and finally put an end to the fighting. The Dark
Angels were deployed to the world of Egammonon during the Fourth
Quadrant Rebellion to put down the rebel forces present on that planet.

Rastabal, Assault on the Fortress of Kaligar – Grand Master Sammael, a senior member of the Inner Circle, led his first action as the Grand Master of the Ravenwing in the initial invasion of the world of Rastabal during the Fourth Quadrant Rebellion. He followed up this action by his assault upon the fortress of the pretender Kaligar, whom it transpired, was one of the Fallen,
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Siege of Vraks (821.M41) - Supreme Grand Master Azrael leads nearly half of the Dark Angels Chapter during the infamous Siege of Vraks. The Dark Angels force arrived on board the Battle-BargeAngel of Retribution and the Strike-CruisersSword of Caliban and Salvation
and a small number of escorts to assist against the Forces of Chaos
that assailed the small Imperial planet. Without communicating his
intentions, Azrael simply set about his self-assigned mission -- the
destruction of Vraks' starport which would sever any easy access to
off-planet reinforcements. Needing no assistance, he saw no reason to
involve the Imperial Guard regiments engaged on Vraks. Moving in a
lightning assault, the Dark Angels' vanguard was led by Azrael himself.
As the Dark Angels strike force moved through the starport they
unleashed unrestrained destruction upon it. The Dark Angels fought for
Vraks' star port for eight days before Azrael ordered the final assault.
Leading elements of the 1st, 2nd, 5th, 8th and 9th Companies the
Supreme Grand Master led his Dark Angels to finish the enemy's
resistance and finally overrun the starport. Dismounting his Land
Raider, Azrael led the assault as he plunged into the enemy ranks of
militia men, his black blade of the Sword of Secrets cutting a bloody swathe. As the Dark Angels were about to achieve victory, the duplicitous Alpha Legion sprung their trap. The Chaos Space Marines had been lying in wait, using the militia as bait to draw the Dark Angels on. Azrael was confronted by the Chaos LordArkos the Faithless,
and soon the two were engaged in furious combat. Azrael was badly
wounded in the duel, and was about to meet his doom as Arkio prepared to
strike the blow that would see the reign of the Supreme Grand Master
end, when Interrogator-Chaplain Belphegor charged into Arkio, his
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Though the ambush had inflicted painful losses upon the Dark Angels,
the traitors were unable to carry the day, and soon drifted away as they
had been recalled by their thwarted commander. The Dark Angels
proceeded to hunt down and destroy the remnants of surviving militiamen.
After ten days the star port was securely in the hands of the Dark
Angels. Almost 200 battle-brothers had been killed, including the Sacred
Standard Bearer Anmael. Upon completing their mission the Dark Angels
strike force departed.

Massacre on Minoria (832.M41) - En-route to the Ork-infested warzones of Periliac Prime, the entire 1st Company of the Dark Angels, the elite Deathwing, make an unscheduled detour to the small and unremarkable Mining World of Minoria on the edges of the Periliac System. The Deathwing teleport en masse
onto the planet and kill or capture every one of its inhabitants. As a
direct result of their delay in reinforcing the beleaguered planet of
Periliac Prime, the entire system buckles and falls under the crushing
might of WAAAGH! Drillakilla. It is later claimed publicly by several
other Space Marine Chapters that the Dark Angels' delay was a
significant reason for the fall of Periliac Prime.

Faze V Uprising (897.M41) – An Imperial expedition was launched into a region of space that had for many years been riven with fierce Warp Storms. Led by a Rogue Trader
of Clan Arcadius, the Dark Angels provided their 5th Company to aid the
endeavour. Entering orbit above Faze V, the fleet was immediately fired
upon by fearsome energy weapons of a type unknown to the fleet’s Tech-priests.
In response, the Dark Angels committed themselves to an immediate
combat drop. The 5th Company engaged men altered by cybernetics, and
held entirely in the thrall of some blasphemous machine intelligence. In
a grueling campaign that lasted four months, the techno-recidivists of
Faze V were beaten back to their mighty silicon fortresses, besieged,
and eventually annihilated. The Dark Angels’ last act was the
destruction of the great logic stacks of the disabled machine entity.
But this was not carried out until a party of Techmarines,
accompanied by the then-Grand Master of the Deathwing Bekenel, had
entered the machine complex and retrieved some scrap of as yet
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mind-touch and rejected their own freedom. The Dark Angels were forced
to continue to press their attack. In a gruelling campaign, the
techno-recidivists of Faze V were eventually wiped from the face of
their world.

Assault on the Toxic World of Sephlagm (922.M41) - The 3rd and 4th Companies of the Dark Angels pin down a Chaos Cultist army on the world of Sephlagm while the Ravenwing
deploys in a pincer formation. The Ravenwing's Support Squadrons clear
streets while the Attack Squadrons rush the rebel headquarters,
summoning the Deathwing to teleport into the structure and eliminate the
daemon-possessed rebel leader.

Death of Supreme Grand Master Naberius (939.M41) - Whilst pursing Cypher, Commander Naberius, Supreme Grand Master of the Dark Angels -- is led into an ambush and slain by Chaos Space Marines. Azrael leads the Deathwing to recover his body and is subsequently named his successor as the new -- and current -- Supreme Grand Master of the Chapter.

Battle of the Sularian Gate (949.M41) – During the Battle
of the Sularian Gate the Dark Angels 5th Company deployed alongside the
massed Imperial Guard regiments of the Vostroyan Firstborn, Mordian Iron Guard and Adeptus MechanicusSkitarii
Legions in an effort to halt WAAAGH! Groblonik. Several minor worlds
had already fallen and dozens more teetered on the brink of destruction
unless the green tide could be stopped. On the fourth day of the Battle
of the Sularian Gate, Ezekiel, the Dark Angels' Grand Master of Librarians,
was gravely wounded by a stray Ork bullet, embedding itself in his left
eye socket. Recovering the fallen Librarian, he was taken to a
makeshift triage station where the remains of his eye were removed. He
only had the patience to be fitted for a simple bionic,
returning to the fray. Rallying the 5th Company, Ezekiel led a furious
counter-attack that broke WAAAGH! Groblonik forever. Ezekiel faced the
Ork Warlord in furious hand-to-hand combat, slaying him with his
powerful psychic assault. Hefting his mighty force weapon, Ezekiel
hacked off Groblonik’s head and threw it into the Ork mob. The WAAAGH!
broke at the sight of their fallen warlord and the panicked Greenskins
were soon slaughtered by the Imperial forces.

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Battle-Brothers of the Wolfblade soon fell into a confrontation with
one another. Eventually the two Chapters set aside their differences and
went after the errant Cadmus. They tracked down the Traitor before he
could make good his escape and succeeded in capturing the Heretic. With a
newfound mutual respect for one another, Ragnar withdrew his forces and
let the Dark Angels conclude their Chapter business in privacy. Captain
Gieyus then executed Cadmus.

Crassia II (Unknown Date.M41) - Grand Master Belial led his Deathwing warriors against an unknown enemy on the foetid marshes of Crassia II.

Second Battle of Rynn's World and Bad Landing (989.M41-991.M41)
- A Dark Angels strike force, including the entire Ravenwing, is sent
alongside the forces from other Space Marine Chapters to relieve the Crimson FistsChapter on Rynn's World and reconquer the worlds in the Loki Sector that had fallen under Ork domination.

Cleansing of Durganion XIII (996.M41) - A distress call lures a Dark Angels strike force into a Genestealer ambush, and the confines of the hive prove an advantage to the xenos.
The battle end when the Broodlord is destroyed by a Ravenwing advance.
Without his guidance, the remaining xenos are exterminated and the
planet marked by the Inquisition for corruption testing.

Third Tyrannic War (997.M41) - Several Dark Angels strike forces take part in fighting the far-reaching tendrils of Hive Fleet Leviathan.

Battle of Piscina IV (221.997.M41) – Piscina IV was a Dark Angels recruiting world that was invaded by the Ork WAAAGH! led by the WarlordGhazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka and his ally the Warlord Nazdreg Ug Urdgrub.
Though caught by surprise, the world was defended by the Dark Angels'
3rd Company, and assisted by a scattering of combined squads drawn from
the personnel of the Dark Angels' Deathwing and Scout Companies. The Orks were successfully driven off, thanks to the actions of Master Belial and his small force. Piscina IV was saved, though much damage had been incurred on the planet and its civilian inhabitants.

To Catch Cypher (998.M41) - The Black Templars fight alongside the Dark Angels, though a dispute over a Black Templars prisoner who may be Cypher causes both Chapters to briefly engage in combat. The incident is reported to Terra and Inquisitor Archibald is assigned to lead the inquiry.

Stern's Remembrance (884.999.M41) - The Dark Angels 5th Company battles elements of the Chaos Space Marine warband known as the Crimson Slaughter for control of the Chaotic artefact called the Hellfire Stone.
The Dark Angels' 5th Company was led by Master Zadakiel to the world of
Stern's Remembrance where they discovered the notorious Fallen AngelAttias the Untamed.
The Fallen attempted to warn his erstwhile brothers that it was all an
elaborate trap, and that they should take their leave. The Dark Angels
took Attias into custody and attempted to take their leave, but as they
made their way back to their Thunderhawks the trap was sprung, as a massive Drop Pod assault was launched by the Crimson Slaughter while their allied Chaos Cultists
surrounded the outnumbered Dark Angels. In the ensuing battle, the Dark
Angels reluctantly freed Attias, allowing him to fight by their side in
order to survive the Heretics' onslaught. As Zadakiel was about to
board the hovering gunship, the HelbruteMortis Metalikus appeared. Zadakiel drew his Heavenfall Blade called Fellbane
and started to do battle with the beast. Despite his agility, the
Helbrute eventually got the upper hand and was about to crush him
underfoot when the Thunderhawk appeared, shooting the Helbrute and
giving Zadakiel the chance to climb aboard. However, as the Dark Angels
Master grabbed the open ramp at the front of the Thunderhawk, the
Helbrute grabbed him, dragging Zadakiel down. Seeing he could not escape
his fate and that the Helbrute was aiming his Multi-melta at the Thunderhawk, Zadakiel threw Fellbane
into the Thunderhawk and let go, falling to his death. Now the most
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who led the Crimson Slaughter warband. In the message, Kranon taunted
Balthazar, showing how the Helbrute had turned the body of Zadakiel into
a trophy and claiming that he knew the Dark Angels' secret shame, as
proven by the capture of the Fallen Angel Attias, and that he expected
and indeed counted upon meeting again as the Dark Angels would surely
not tolerate the existence of such a breach of their ancient secrecy for
long.

13th Black Crusade (995.999.M41) - The Dark Angels deploy the entirety of their Chapter in support of the beleaguered world of Cadia to halt the encroaching Forces of Chaos led by Abaddon the Despoiler during the 13th Black Crusade. According to the Dark Oracle, the name given by the Dark Angels' Supreme Grand Masters to Luther,
who lies rotting in The Rock's deepest dungeon, many Fallen are amongst
the Forces of Chaos following Abaddon into battle. The Rock makes haste
for the Cadian Sector. Yet soon after the battle is joined, Supreme
Grand Master Azrael withdraws the support of the Dark Angels for Cadia, claiming any engagements involving the Traitor Legions
were Adeptus Astartes business only and of no concern to others. Even
as The Rock made haste towards the embattled Cadian Sector, the Chapter
was bombarded with distress calls; urgent pleas for aid from desperate
worlds. The Inner Circle was awash with confirmed reports of the Fallen,
including Cypher himself. The Rock's psychic choir of Astropaths
had become so overloaded with messages of xenos invasions and uprisings
that it was impossible to track which were current and which were ghost
messages -- lingering echoes of disasters already come and gone. From
the psi-shielded sanctum of the Librarius, Ezekiel, the Grand Master of
Librarians, reported a tide of Warp energies rising, the Eye of Terror
once more opening to spew forth its filth onto the galaxy, including
the unmistakable signs of the Fallen amongst their number. Desperate to
capture the Fallen and to prevent any from revealing the Chapter's
long-kept secret, the Dark Angels were already too thinly spread.
Risking the scrutiny of the Inquisition and the allegation of attempting to rebuild a full Space Marine Legion, the Dark Angels called upon their Successor Chapters for aid. The Unforgiven girded for battle as never before since the time of the Horus Heresy. Into this scene of calamity, Supreme Grand Master Azrael
emerged from the deepest dungeon of The Rock, his mind still attempting
to decipher the gibbering deluge of information spouted by the Dark
Oracle, his Chapter's greatest secret and greatest asset. Despite the
multitude of threats and the darkness of the hour, he knew that it was
for these circumstances that the Space Marines had been created.
Brooding and perhaps obsessively flawed by their past failings, the Dark
Angels nevertheless rushed once more to the forefront of Mankind's
battle for survival, intending to fight with righteous fervor and a
refusal to never accept defeat. no matter the odds, whoever the foe.
During the 13th Black Crusade the Dark Angels took part in many notable
battles, including:

Defence of Ex Lucan VII (999.M41) - Composed of four
entire Companies of Dark Angels and three of their Successor Chapters
(not named), this deadly force of Astartes are collectively known as
Taskforce Shadowguard. They staged themselves upon the outlying Mining World of Ex Lucan VII, laying in wait within the hollow mountains of the Kyran Range for a substantial force of Eldar
raiders. Appearing out of nowhere through portals this vile race makes
use of, the xenos waste not time in launching their attack against the
mining settlements of the Kyran Range. Shadowguard reveals themselves
and take the first raider force completely by surprise. Exploiting the
momentum of victory, Shadowguard than executes a manoeuvre that smashed
aside a second xenos force. Unable to coordinate their assault in order
to force a breakthrough in the Astartes' lines, the Eldar raiders are
annihilated in a devastating massacre.

Pursuit of the Voice (999.M41) - During the campaign,
the Dark Angels and Space Wolves great mutual rivalry causes severe
disruptions to the Imperial efforts in the defence of the Sentinel
Worlds area. Though both forces operate in the same region for several
weeks, both refuse to coordinate their actions, harming the ability of
the Imperial Guard commanders on the ground to act, for they cannot rely
upon the aid of either Chapter. The situation soon changes, as the Dark
Angels abruptly leave the area in search of renegade individuals they
refuse to identify. The Dark Angels seek a shadowy figure calling
himself the "Voice of the Emperor," operating out of Lelithar. The Dark
Angels launch a number of strikes against this figure, but on each
occasion found that the pressures of constant attacks upon their
hallowed ground of the Caliban System forces them to redeploy their
forces. Each time the Dark Angels manage to close on the suspected
location of the Voice, hie somehow is able to slip through their
clutches, leaving behind taunting, heretical graffiti. Harbouring an
intense hatred for this individual, the Voice transmits a number of
all-channel vox-casts throughout the war, making obscure references to
the I Legion's earliest history, as well as making astonishing claims
against their Primarch Lion El'Jonson. The Dark Angels and their
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followers and eventually capture him. But as the Voice lay languishing
within the holds of one of their vessels he somehow, through some as yet
unidentified means, managed to effect his escape.

Battle of Kasr Tyrok-Cadia (999.M41) - The Dark Angels and the Space Wolves set aside their ancient vendetta as Supreme Grand Master Azrael and Great Wolf Logan Grimnar
come to a mutual, but temporary, understanding. Both Chapters take to
the field together, in the defence of Kasr Tyrok upon the world of Cadia
against a substantial force of Chaos mutants. The combined force of
Dark Angels and Space Wolves smashed into the rear of the mutant mob,
cutting them down without mercy, each Chapter sought to outdo the other
in their skill at arms. As the last few mutants were dispatched their
friendly banter soon turned to insults. Victory had been achieved, but
the Sons of the Lion and the Sons of Russ soon depart ways, their
long-time rivalry rearing its ugly head once again.

Battle of Kasr Partox-Cadia (999.M41) - A massive force
of the Archenemy stands arrayed against the valiant Imperial defenders
of Kasr Partox in a final stand. Within the fortress are 23 Cadian
regiments. Alongside the regiments of Cadia stand a host of units from
worlds near and far, such as the Knovians, Gundronites, Mordant,
Thracians, Jourans and a thousand more. The battle-brothers of Adeptus
Astartes are also counted amongst the Imperial defenders, including
Chapters from the Dark Angels, Space Wolves, Ultramarines, Doom Eagles and many more that aren't named. There are also other servants of the Emperor which includes the Sisters from the Adepta Sororitas, the mighty Grey Knights, scores of Inquisitors, siege dreadnoughts of the Ordo Reductor, as well as the mighty God Machines of the Adeptus Titanicus and their Skitarii
servants. In the ensuing slaughter, the Imperials are forced to abandon
Kasr Partox and retreat towards the Caducades Sea, where they will hope
to make their stand at Kasr Gallan. At the height of the battle, a
fleet of Necrontyr vessels appeared from nowhere and assaulted Kasr Partox as well as the orbiting Chaos fleet, forcing a Chaos-held Blackstone Fortress
to disengage. With Kasr Partox fallen, command and control structure
are soon non-existent. The retreat from Kasr Partox sees the most
intense fighting of the war, with many thousands of lives given up so
that the bulk of the Imperial forces mighty escape. The Imperials
managed to make it to the Caducades Sea, leaving behind thousands of
dead, their bodies defiled by the blasphemous Chaos horde. The Imperial
flee aboard transport ships across the Caducades Sea, forced to abandon
the bulk of their heavy equipment. Some remnants from the Ecclesiarchy as well as a number of Space Marines of the Subjugators
have chosen to make their last stand, as Imperial Guard engineers plant
munitions at the heart of the part in order to destroy it.

Chapter Organisation

Pre-Heresy

Lion El'Jonson had introduced to the I Legion of the Space Marines
the organisational structure he had learned from The Order on Caliban.
The Lion's tenets of loyalty, discipline and self-efficiency were
incorporated into everything the Legion did. As the I Legion had been
created from Terran warriors gifted with the gene-seed
of the stalwart, if reticent, Lion El'Jonson, the Dark Angels had
always been regarded as dedicated and serious-minded warriors. Like
their primogenitor, they were slow to anger, but tenacious and all but
unstoppable once roused. Before the Horus Heresy, a Space Marine Legion
might count ten thousand or more warriors under a single command, though
the exact numbers of the Dark Angels Legion in the days of the Great
Crusade and the Horus Heresy remain unknown in current Imperial records,
though the Legion was considered to be of moderate size for the time.

Post-Heresy

Following the tragic events of the Horus Heresy, the Dark Angels
began acting suspiciously and growing more insular, which was noted by
many watchful eyes. Having incorporated the structure of the original
Order on Caliban into the Legion, the remaining Dark Angels took that
knightly brotherhood a step further, becoming even more monastic in
manner. The Dark Angels sought to lay down the new rigours that would
govern them in the wake of the terrible events that had led to the Fall
of Caliban. At this time in the early 31st Millennium, entire new
divisions of the Imperium, such as the Inquisition,
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internal corruption related to the treachery of the Horus Heresy and the
actions of Chaos on the human-settled worlds of the Imperium.
Inspections following the destruction of Caliban judged the Dark Angels
fit to continue as a Loyalist Legion. Some leeway for their new
reclusive behaviour was granted due to the simultaneous loss of the
Legion's Primarch and homeworld, but largely it was allowed because of
the Dark Angels' ongoing and relentless heroics against the Imperium's
foes during the travails of the Great Scouring.
Regardless of these allowances, the Dark Angels remained closely
monitored by the Imperial authorities and particularly by the nascent
Inquisition. After the disappearance of their Primarch, it did not seem
that strange for the remaining Dark Angels to withdraw further into
their own brotherhood. If before they had been described as reserved,
now they were, at best, taciturn: at worst, they were cold and austere.
Behaviour that once would have been described as pensive was now more
like a brooding silence. Yet there was one thing that had not changed --
their campaigns continued to be well-planned and effective actions. If
the Dark Angels were in some strange mourning, it in no way dampened
their ability to bring battle to the enemies of the Imperium and of
Mankind.
Many changes happened within the Imperium during those dark days.
Although Horus had been defeated and his remaining Traitor Legions
driven into the Eye of Terror, the High Lords of Terra
and the remaining Loyalist Primarchs still dreaded the resurgence of
Chaos. They had all recoiled in horror at the full realisation of how
insidious the betrayal had been, how far across the galaxy the roots of
corruption had spread. Never again could the Imperium be subjected to
such widespread rebellion; drastic measures had to be undertaken. To
avoid the threat of the Space Marine Legions falling under the influence of the Archenemy, the remaining Legions were sub-divided into a number of smaller Chapters. Under the new structure of this so-called Second Founding,
each Chapter's size was limited to a thousand warriors. The
organisation, tactics and roles of these new "Chapters" -- a word
derived from a former sub-divison of a full Legion -- were defined in a
hugely influential work known as the Codex Astartes. Roboute Guilliman, the Primarch of the Ultramarines, almost single-handedly undertook the work of preparing the Codex Astartes.
The proscriptions within its pages not only lessened the risks of a
single Traitor altering the course of the Imperium, but also allowed the
limited number of Loyalist Space Marines remaining to be more flexible
-- spreading more widely across the galaxy to confront Mankind's many
enemies. The organisation of the Dark Angels Chapter and its Unforgiven Successors differs from the standards of the Codex Astartes in the shape of its higher ranks, along with the order of battle of its 1st and 2nd Companies.

The Inner Circle

After the fall of Caliban,
the senior members of the I Legion assembled in secret conclave. They
decreed that knowledge of the fall from grace of their brothers must
remain undisclosed for all time, and that no outsider must ever learn of
the schism that had split the Legion or that some Space Marines of the
Dark Angels Legion had turned to the Ruinous Powers like the Astartes of the Traitor Legions.
Should this dreadful truth ever become known, they feared that the Dark
Angels would come to be reviled as Traitors like those who had followed
Horus, and all hope of expunging the stain to their honour in the Emperor's eyes would be lost forever.
As the decades following the Fall of Caliban turned to centuries, the Inner Circle took shape. It grew from an ad hoc
conclave into a formal, if still furtive, organisation that spread
through not just the Dark Angels, but their Successor Chapters as well.
Recruitment planets were founded and new generations of Dark Angels were
added, replacing the ranks of those lost in battle. The regimens and
drills of the Chapter were strict, with special emphasis on brotherhood
and loyalty. However, the Masters and elder warriors who led the
instruction told the Neophytes
nothing of the sins of their forefathers. The truth of what occurred
and knowledge of the Fallen was withheld, now known only to the
increasingly small number of brethren who had survived it.
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officers, formed to forever guard this dangerous knowledge, and each
member swore oaths of unspeakable secrecy. The Inner Circle is currently
comprised of the Dark Angels Chapter's Supreme Grand Master, all of the
other Grand Masters, the Masters of each of the Chapter's companies,
the members of the Deathwing and the Ravenwing Black Knights.
However, even the members of the Inner Circle receive gradations of the
truth, and only the Supreme Grand Master of the Chapter is currently
privy to all of the Dark Angels' many secrets.
The Grand Masters of the Inner Circle swore that so long as even
one of the Traitor Fallen Angels remained alive and unrepentant, the
Dark Angels would bear the stigma of the Unforgiven,
cursed by their own brothers to atone for all eternity for the sins of
the past. Until every last Fallen Dark Angel was captured and made to
repent, there could be no peace for those sons of the Lion who had
remained true to their duty. This would be the true mission of the Inner
Circle, and, through its secretive machinations, of the entire Chapter.
The Inner Circle hides its true face even from its own. Where
many Space Marine Chapters openly celebrate their ancestors'
achievements, the Dark Angels take great pains to tell their story one
passage at a time. Much of the Dark Angels’ teachings to their brethren
on this subject are couched in allegory, parable and myth, the same
essential truths told again and again in one form after another. As
veterans rise through the unseen levels of trust, more of the truth is
gradually revealed to them by the ranking members of the Inner Circle.

The first such allegory a Dark Angel is told recounts the so-called Tale of Two-Heads-Talking, in which a band of DeathwingTerminators returned to the planet of their birth to find their people enslaved by hideous xenos
overlords. Daubing their armour white, as was the tradition of their
native people, the Terminators began their death-quest. They defeated
their enemy, but at the cost of the life of their beloved Librarian.
Similar tales are told at every stage in a Dark Angel's progression
through the ranks, the details changing from one story to the next, but
the essential truth remaining. Each tells of a group of heroes returning
to their homeworld to find their people enthralled by a Traitor, and
only at the cost of eternal humiliation and dishonour are the enemies
defeated. Even then, some always escape, to be hunted down later.
Only on his ascension to the elite 1st Company, known within the Dark Angels Chapter as the Deathwing,
will a Battle-Brother of the Dark Angels or the other Unforgiven
Chapters begin to learn the truth of the events that transpired at the
very dawn of the Age of the Imperium.
This is the first ring of trust within the Inner Circle and those who
are considered for membership are observed, unaware, by those within the
hidden order and also by the dimunitive Watchers in the Dark,
the mysterious humanoid creatures that haunt the lower levels of The
Rock. It is essential that only those who have proven their loyalty to
the Chapter time and time again across the decades are allowed to
progress. Silent and hooded brothers lead any aspirants before the
assembled Inner Circle for the great rituals of judgement, and those
chosen are elevated to the Deathwing, or disappear forever, further
casualties of the Unforgiven's shame..
While a new member of the Inner Circle might suppose he has now
been told the whole truth about his Chapter, such is not the case. There
remain circles within circles, levels within levels, with each step
accompanied by its own rituals. Entering the 1st Company is only the
beginning of a Dark Angel's journey towards the truth. Rising through
the intricate and convoluted ranks of the Inner Circle, he learns more
and more, the secrets one by one revealed as his Masters’ trust in him
increases. Only upon ascension to the rank of Grand Master (leader of an
entire specialty of the Chapter) is the whole truth revealed, and even
then, it is likely that there remain revelations known only to the
holder of the title of Supreme Grand Master, the Chapter Master of the Dark Angels.
Given the planning skills inherited from their Primarch, the Dark
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able to properly reveal their secrets to their successors. There are
some revelations that are known only to those who gain ascension to the
rank of Supreme Grand Master, the Chapter Master of the Dark Angels. And
yet, there remain secrets of the Chapter to which even he is not
privy...

Specialty Ranks and Formations

The Dark Angels make use of very different terminology when referring
to the Chapter's officers as compared to that commonly used by other
Space Marine Chapters. This is because the Dark Angels have continued to
draw upon the ancient military traditions of The Order in organising
the Chapter. In general, this terminology is also replicated in most,
but not all, of the Unforgiven Successor Chapters of the I Legion.

Supreme Grand Master - The Dark Angels' Chapter Master
is known instead as the Supreme Grand Master. It is his duty to chair
all meetings of the Chapter's Inner Circle, which serves as the Dark
Angels' replacement for the standard Chapter Council. Only the Supreme
Grand Master is privy to all of the Chapter's dark secrets -- and even
he does not know everything....

Grand Master of the Deathwing - The Grand Master of the
Deathwing is the Master (Captain) of the Chapter's Veteran 1st Company.
He is generally considered to be the natural successor of the current
Supreme Grand Master. The Grand Master of the Deathwing usually knows
almost all of the secrets of held by the Inner Circle; only the Supreme
Grand Master knows more than this veteran officer of the Chapter.

Grand Master of the Ravenwing - The Grand Master of the
Ravenwing serves as the Master (Captain) of the Chapter's highly mobile
2nd Company. The Grand Master of the Ravenwing usually knows as many
secrets of the Inner Circle as the Grand Master of the Deathwing, and is
normally considered as the natural successor to command the Deathwing
when his predecessor falls in battle or is promoted to lead the entire
Chapter. The Grand Master of the Ravenwing also serves as the Chapter's
Leader of the Hunt; it is his task to run any rumours concerning the
possible location of a member of the Fallen to ground anywhere in the
galaxy.

Grand Master of Librarians - The Grand Master of Librarians serves as the Chapter's Chief Librarian
and oversees the Librarium. He is responsible for maintaining all of
the Dark Angels' Chapter records and the security of its secrets. He is a
member of the Inner Circle and is thus one of the only members of the
Chapter privy to the whole truth surrounding the Fallen.

Master Apothecary - The Master Apothecary serves as the Chapter's Chief Apothecary
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Apothecaries' most important duty is to preserve and maintain the purity
of the Chapter's stock of gene-seed.
He is a member of the Inner Circle and is thus one of the only members
of the Chapter privy to the whole truth surrounding the Fallen.

Master of the Rock - The Master of the Rock serves as the Dark Angels' Master of the Forge and oversees all of the Chapter's Techmarines
as well as its Armoury and vehicle pool. With deep understanding of the
arcane sciences refined over many standard years of experience, the
Master of the Forge is comparable to a Tech-priest of the Adeptus Mechanicus.
The Dark Angels maintain a similar role within their Chapter known as
the Master of the Rock, although there is an ominous difference. Upon
ascending to the honoured position, the Master of the Rock follows his
predecessors in the office by being permanently and cybernetically
hard-wired into the control nave of Cogitators located deep within the Chapter's asteroid base known as The Rock. It is his solemn duty to placate the most important Machine Spirits, directing the maintenance of the engines and Warp-Drive
that allow the enormous asteroid to navigate the galaxy. Because of
their dual allegiance to the Chapter and the Adeptus Mechanicus, Dark
Angels Techmarines are never inducted into the Deathwing. This includes
the Master of the Rock; he is privy only to the secrets of the Dark
Angels' asteroid base and its hoard of ancient technology, but never to
the greatest secrets shrouding the Chapter's origins.

High Interrogator - The High Interrogator, also known as the Grand Master of Chaplains, serves as the Dark Angels' Reclusiarch, or High Chaplain, and oversees the duties of all of the other Chaplains of the Chapter. His most important duty is to train the Dark Angels' special class of Interrogator-Chaplains
and he is usually a master of their art of interrogation and
psychological manipulation. He is a member of the Inner Circle and is
thus one of the only members of the Chapter privy to the whole truth
surrounding the Fallen.

Grand Master of the Fleet - The Grand Master of the
Fleet is the Dark Angels officer who is most skilled at naval warfare
and who is placed in overall command of all of the Chapter's capital
warships, transports, and air assets.

Company Master- A Company Master of the Chapter is the Dark Angels' equivalent to the standard Space Marine Captain
of other Chapters. A Company Master leads each of the 10 companies of
the Dark Angels and ultimately falls under the command of the Supreme
Grand Master. Every Master within the Chapter serves as a member of the
Inner Circle, although even at this rank he is not privy to the entire
truth surrounding the Chapter's dark past or all of the Chapter's many
secrets. To lead the Dark Angels requires a battle-hardened Veteran, a
dedicated warrior who has proven his prowess and Chapter loyalty a
thousand times over. Such heroes advance into the fabled Deathwing, the
1st Company, but in order to be considered for command, a Space Marine
must distinguish himself yet further. Only those who show superlative
leadership and tactical skills, and who prove themselves to be
absolutely reliable in pursuit of the Chapter's goals, are considered
for promotion to officer rank. The Dark Angels do not call their
officers by the typical Astartes designation of Captain,
preferring instead to retain the old title used millennia ago by The
Order of Company Master. Each Company Master bears additional honorific
titles, reflective of his solemn duties within the Chapter. All Dark
Angels are taciturn and monastic in nature, and these traits are
exemplified by the Company Masters. They shun highly visible, diplomatic
roles, avoiding even well-deserved battle laurels and the adulation of
their brethren. Where the lauded Captains of other Space Marine Chapters
deliver rousing speeches to Imperial coalition forces allied with the
Adeptus Astartes, the leaders of the Dark Angels are shadowy figures,
more comfortable in cowled seclusion than at the forefront, acting as a
skilled orator. Yet for all their silent reservations, Company Masters
are no less commanding, though perhaps their grim silence makes them
more menacing. With a signal, a Company Master launches the Astartes
under his command into action. None can claim to be more disciplined
than the Dark Angels; a single barked order can start any number of
flawlessly executed manoeuvres. Almost soundlessly, attack plans are
orchestrated and fire support coordinated. A Company Master meets each
challenge with the same intractable resolve. Such officers are not only
superb strategists, but also the most skilled of combatants. Armed with
the finest wargear drawn from The Rock's
armoury, and with relics maintained since the dawn of the Imperium, a
Company Master can cleave through alien hordes or cut down even the
mightiest foe in pursuit of a personal challenge. As part of the Inner
Circle, a Company Master may join his 1st Company brethren in battle,
donning his Terminator Armour
and leading one of the most feared combat formations in the galaxy.
However, they are most assured in the midst of their own troops, leading
their company to victory in the name of the Emperor and the Lion of
Caliban. The Company Masters know that they and their Battle-Brothers
are descended from the I Legion, the first of the Emperor's Space
Marines to be created, and are the favoured Sons of the Lion. They know
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Interrogator-Chaplain - The Dark Angels maintain a very special cadre of Chaplains known as Interrogator-Chaplains
who are tasked with getting any Fallen Angel who has been captured by
the Dark Angels to admit their sins and repent of their betrayal of the
Emperor. Interrogator-Chaplains are as skilled in the arts of
interrogation, torture and psychological manipulation as the most
experienced members of the Inquisition.
Interrogator-Chaplains are not members of the Inner Circle, though
their duties require that they have knowledge of many more of the
Chapter's secrets than is normal for Dark Angels of their rank.

Deathwing Knight - A Deathwing Knight is a fell-handed warrior of the Dark Angels, a member of the elite 1st Company (the Deathwing)
whose glorious deeds on the field of battle are matched only by his
unflinching devotion to the Chapter. Deathwing Knights are a truly
imposing sight, for in them lives on some semblance of the Lion himself.
They embody silent strength and a veiled, yet still palpable nobility.
Within the Deathwing, there are multiple circles of trust, with older,
more experienced warriors ensnared ever deeper into the spiderweb of
secrets. The most veteran Deathwing warriors are given the title of
Deathwing Knights, the uppermost level of the order before being named a
Master. They become the ultimate upholders of ancient Chapter
traditions and the most skilled fighting unit of the Dark Angels. In
battle, the Deathwing Knights are fell-handed foes, Terminators armed with Storm Shields,
wielding ancient weapons specially forged for vengeance. Few foes dare
to stand before them -- none do so for long. In the stratified Chapter
organisation of the Dark Angels and the other Unforgiven, the Deathwing
Knights represent the elite -- only the Masters and Grand Masters of the
Chapter rank higher, and they are only chosen from among the company of
the Deathwing Knights, who are also members of the Chapter's Inner
Circle. None but the most fell-handed of warriors from the 1st Company
are promoted into the Inner Circle of the Deathwing, and displaying
skill in battle is not enough to receive the honour of knighthood. A
warrior must be wholly dedicated to the Chapter, and must display an
obsessive need to carry on the Chapter's secret crusade to hunt down the
remaining Fallen. When a member of the Deathwing is deemed worthy of
the honour, he is brought into the Chamber of Judgments in The Rock
to face a series of challenges, each of which has been individualised
to test the candidate's strength, resolve and loyalty to the Chapter
past any breaking point he may possess. Should the Astartes prevail in
these tests, the warrior is granted the title of Knight and passes
beneath the shadowed arch at the heart of the Chamber of Judgment. The Watchers in the Dark present to him a Mace of Absolution and a Storm Shield
-- both priceless heirlooms from the time of the Great Crusade in the
late 30th Millennium, with powers beyond even the potency of the
Astartes who will bear them. In battle, the Deathwing Knights are used
as a heavy shock force -- they teleport into the fight with Storm
Shields locked. With incoming fire ricocheting off them, the Knights
march forward to assault the greatest threat with impunity, first
slamming into the foe with their Storm Shields before laying into them
with their Power Maces and Flails. In the presence of a Heretic, the
Knights of the Deathwing power up their ancient weapons to deliver a
killing blow of earth-shattering force. The most skilled and veteran of
Deathwing Knights are known as Knight Masters. They wield an even more
potent ancient Power Weapon known as a Flail of the Unforgiven. Ravenwing Black Knight mounted on his Mark IV Raven Pattern Assault Bike

Ravenwing Black Knight - Mounted on powerful, heavily customised Mark IV Assault Bikes, the Ravenwing Black Knights of the Chapter's 2nd Company, the Ravenwing,
are heavily armed shock cavalry. Those who survive in the Ravenwing
long enough learn to take the doctrines of mobile warfare to the next
level of mastery. If they can pass the Seven Rites of the Raven, they
will be inducted into the Black Knights, the Inncer Circle of the 2nd
Company. There, they will learn the real reason behind their hunt for
Heretics and the truth about their Chapter's history. Ravenwing Black
Knights ride to battle atop Mark IV Raven Pattern Space Marine Assault Bikes, powerful machines outfitted with deadly Plasma Talons. To signify their exalted status, Black Knights carry Corvus Hammers,
which are patterned after an ancient Calibanite weapon used to hunt the
Great Beasts. The Black Knights' riding skills are supreme, and they
can drive at top speed through almost any impediments to close on their
foes. During this approach, their Plasma Talons tear gaping holes in the
enemy lines before they literally ride over their prey, cracking armour
and sundering flesh with their Corvus Hammers as they go. Against more
formidable opponents, those Black Knights trained in the use of the Ravenwing Grenade Launcher
fire a salvo of specialised rad and stasis shells, which can make even
the most potent of enemies more vulnerable to a sustained assault. A
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Knights are often led into battle by a veteran Astartes and longtime
member of the Black Knights known as a Ravenwing Huntmaster. Ravenwing
Command Squads usually consist of experienced Ravenwing Black Knights
who form a swift and highly-mobile bodyguard around a mounted Chapter
officer, or execute other specialised missions on their own. These
squads usually include several other Chapter specialists -- an Apothecary to tend to the wounded and recover the fallen's gene-seed on far-flung scouting missions, a Standard Bearer, and the Ravenwing Company Champion
wielding a deadly blade of Calibanite origin. When a Ravenwing Command
Squad rides to battle, they form a rallying point for one of the most
fearsome fast strike forces in the galaxy. Beneath the fluttering shadow
of their standard, the black-armoured Astartes of the Ravenwing bring
death to the enemies of the Emperor.

Deathwing Command Squads - The highest-ranking members
of the Chapter's Inner Circle are sometimes accompanied by a Command
Squad of Veterans drawn from the Deathwing, the elite 1st Company. Such a hand-picked formation of the most veteran Deathwing Terminators makes a formidable unit, ideal for service as a bodyguard or to be assigned special duties by a Librarian or Interrogator-Chaplain. They can be equipped for any role from the Chapter's armoury and often include specialists such as Standard Bearers, Apothecaries or even the Deathwing Company Champion. Belial,
the current Grand Master of the Deathwing, has personally led many a
Deathwing Command Squad straight into the heart of battle, forging a
breach in enemy lines and crushing opposing leaders.

Dark Angels Command Squads - Dark Angels company
officers are often accompanied by a Dark Angels Command Squad -- a
hand-picked unit of the five most able Company Veterans. The Codex Astartes
sanctions the formation of these units largely as bodyguards for key
Masters of the Chapter. Dark Angels officers use their Command Squads in
a variety of roles, such as forming Honour Guards
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The Rock's full arsenal of weaponry and wargear. The most prominent
addition to any Command Squad is the Standard Bearer,
for he carries one of his company's much-revered banners. Since The
Rock was made the Dark Angels' headquarters, the solemn Great Hall has
been lined with proud company standards, along with ceremonial banners,
heraldic pennants and, in pride of place, the Chapter relics known as
the Sacred Standards. Every Son of the Lion, from Neophyte
to the most battle-scarred Veteran, will fight even harder beneath the
presence of such a Chapter icon. Whether it is a Company Master leading a
Command Squad with its Company Standard into the thick of the fighting,
or the bearer of a Sacred Standard marking the Dark Angels' hold over a
rallying point, the heraldry of the Dark Angels is a call to war that
is known and feared across the galaxy. Some Command Squads contain an Apothecary to care for those of his brethren wounded in battle. This battlefield medic will make use of his Narthecium
-- a field kit which contains all the technology, stim-packs and sacred
unguents needed to patch wounds -- allowing his brethren to return to
the fight. Not all the wounded can be saved, but between their ceramitePower Armour,
superhuman constitutions and bioengineered self-regenerative
properties, only the most horrific of wounds are mortal for the
Astartes. When an Apothecary finds one past hope, he will calm the
dying, perhaps helping them to find the Emperor's Peace with a quick cut, and take out his Reductor from the Narthecium. This special device will be used to remove the Progenoid Glands
from the dead Astartes' body. The genetic secrets within these organs
will be used to create future generations of Dark Angels. A Command
Squad can also contain a Company Champion.
In the Dark Angels Chapter, each company has unique rituals -- most
often some combination of duels, tests of strength and mental battles
intended to see who can maintain their self-control the longest. The
winners of such competitions represent their company during the
ceremonies held in the Great Hall of The Rock. These individuals embody
the honour of their company, representing their brothers in the
mysteries of the rites just as they do in war. On the battlefield, it is
a Company Champion's task to personally confront enemy warlords and
captains, leaving the Company Master free to coordinate the wider
battle. Should the Dark Angels encounter their ancient rivals the Space Wolves
during their missions, it is a Company Champion who will face the Space
Wolves' chosen champion in ritual combat, reenacting the epic clash
fought between their respective Primarchs during the Great Crusade
nearly 10,000 standard years ago.

Deathwing Company

The Dark Angels' 1st Company of Veterans is referred to within the Chapter as the Deathwing. The Deathwing is comprised solely of Dark Angels Veterans who only take to the field of battle in bone-white Terminator Armour. Prior to the Horus Heresy, during the Great Crusade, the Power Armour
of the Dark Angels Legion was coloured jet-black. After the Heresy, the
bulk of the Chapter began to appear in dark green armour, whilst the
1st and 2nd Companies' panoply remained jet-black in honour of the
original Legion colours.

The Deathwing unleash their unfettered wrath upon the enemies of the Emperor

The Deathwing Company's Astartes later painted their Terminator Armour in a bone-white colour scheme to remember the lone squad of Dark Angels Terminators who defended an important Dark Angels recruitment planet known as Plain's World from a TyranidGenestealer invasion. These Terminators
painted their armour white, the colour of death, as they believed that
they would never survive the confrontation. Surprisingly, these
Terminators proved successful in reclaiming the world and in doing so
saved a crucial part of the Dark Angels' cultural heritage and the
genetic diversity of the Chapter. Amongst the Unforgiven Chapters, only
the Dark Angels' Deathwing Company Terminators actually continue this
tradition. The Deathwing are both the most stubborn and most resilient
of the Astartes of the Dark Angels and Unforgiven Chapters, and will
often refuse to leave a battlefield even in the face of overwhelming
odds, citing the tradition of the Terminators who saved the Dark Angels'
recruitment world.
The Deathwing is tasked with that mission which takes precedence
over all others for the Chapter, even though they may be called upon to
fight a wide range of foes. The Deathwing are responsible for crushing
all of the enemies of the Unforgiven,

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than the Fallen. Like the Ravenwing of the Dark Angels and other Unforgiven Chapters, which concentrates on mobile warfare using Bike Squads, specialised Land Speeders
and aircraft, the Deathwing does not comply with the standard
organisation of Space Marine Chapters' 1st Companies as outlined by the Codex Astartes, though all of the other companies in Unforgiven Chapters generally do so.
The bulk of the 1st Company is composed of Terminator Squads, indefatigable warriors who blast apart their enemies with Storm Bolters
whilst advancing into melee assault range. Deathwing Terminators
feature a mix of weaponry, for both long-ranged and close combat
oriented roles. Terminators typically begin engagements aboard an
orbiting starship, teleporting to the battlefield at a prearranged time,
often homing in on a signal from ranging Ravenwing units. By the time
foes see the flash signifying the arrival of the Deathwing's
Terminators, it is already too late. The Deathwing appear in a blazing
hail of gunfire, as if they had begun firing while en route. They live
up to their name, arriving like a sword stroke to deliver the deathblow.

A Deathwing Knight
is a fell-handed warrior of the Dark Angels, a member of the elite 1st
Company whose glorious deeds on the field of battle are matched only by
his unflinching devotion to the Chapter. Deathwing Knights are a truly
imposing sight, for in them lives on some semblance of the Lion himself.
They embody silent strength and a veiled, yet still palpable nobility.
In the stratified Chapter organisation of the Dark Angels and the other
Unforgiven, the Deathwing Knights represent the elite -- only the
Masters and Grand Masters of the Chapter rank higher, and they are only
chosen from among the company of the Deathwing Knights, who are also
members of the Chapter's Inner Circle. None but the most fell-handed of
warriors from the 1st Company are promoted into the Inner Circle of the
Deathwing, and displaying skill in battle is not enough to receive the
honour of knighthood. A warrior must be wholly dedicated to the Chapter,
and must display an obsessive need to carry on the Chapter's secret
crusade to hunt down the remaining Fallen.
The highest-ranking members of the Inner Circle are sometimes
accompanied by a Command Squad drawn from the Veterans of the 1st
Company. Such a hand-picked formation of the most veteran Deathwing
Terminators makes a formidable unit, ideal for a bodyguard or to be
assigned special duties by a Librarian or Interrogator-Chaplain. They can be equipped for any role and often include specialists such as Standard Bearers, Apothecaries or even the 1st Company Champion. Belial,
the Grand Master of the Deathwing, has personally led many a Command
Squad straight into the heart of battle, forging a breach in enemy lines
and crushing opposing leaders.
The Dark Angels are known for their stoic and intractable manner,
unflinching against even the mightiest of foes. The Deathwing are
paragons of stoicism, unwilling to take even a single step away from the
enemy when battle is joined, their prowess honed across countless
battlefields so that they can weather any attack. The Deathwing favour
rapid teleport attacks, appearing literally from nowhere (often
collaborating with the more mobile Ravenwing
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nowhere in Terminator Armour, but other methods work as effectively for a
veteran of countless wars. Once the Ravenwing has located the enemy,
the Deathwing are deployed to destroy them so utterly that not a single
trace remains. In the case of the Fallen Angels, the Deathwing cast down all of their works and grind them to dust beneath their Ceramite
boots, so that none may ever know of the stain cast upon the
Unforgiven’s honour by their very existence. The fortunate are destroyed
in the unstoppable maelstrom that is a Deathwing assault; the
unfortunate are dragged away to the dungeons of The Rock, to suffer the attentions of the Interrogator-Chaplains and to confess their sins in the vain hope of a merciful end.

Ravenwing Company

The Dark Angels' 2nd Company is called the Ravenwing. The members of the Ravenwing are chosen not only for their skill at fast assaults using bikes and Land Speeders but also for their resilience to the heretical rantings of members of the Fallen Angels.
The Ravenwing wear jet-black armour in the style of the Dark Angels
during the Horus Heresy and specialise in lightning-fast assaults. All
but the highest members of the Chapter's Inner Circle are oblivious to
the true purpose of the Ravenwing, which is to hunt down and capture
every last member of the Fallen. Only with the blood or full repentance
of the Fallen do the Dark Angels believe that their sins against the
Emperor during the Heresy may finally be washed away.
Like the Deathwing, the Ravenwing does not conform to the ideal of Space MarineChapter organisation as laid out in the Codex Astartes, though the other Dark Angels and Unforgiven Chapters' companies are considered to be Codex-compliant. The Ravenwing Company is mostly composed of Bike Squads and squadrons of assault Land Speeders. These vehicles are then divided into two groups; one serves as an attack squadron and the other as a fire support squadron.
Biker Squads form over half of the 2nd Company's bulk and they are the centre of any Ravenwing attack. The Space Marine Assault Bikes lay down a torrent of fire from twin-linkedBolters
and accelerate into combat should a vulnerable target reveal itself. It
is Ravenwing doctrine to avoid becoming bogged down such that their
speed is negated and the enemy's superior numbers can be brought to
bear. Thus, the Ravenwing Bikers might charge into a foe, but unless
they break them immediately, the bikers are likely to streak off,
leaving their foe bewildered, unsure of which direction the next attack
will come from. Equipped with teleportation homers, Ravenwing bikes often drive deep into the heart of their quarry before summoning the heavy assault troops of the Deathwing.
The Ravenwing ride down any of the foe who attempt to flee, mercilessly
allowing none to escape the ensuing massacre. The standard Attack Bike
augments the more lightly armed Ravenwing bikes, lending its heavier
firepower where needed. The Attack Bike is ideal for getting into
position to support the Ravenwing's assaults, clearing the path ahead of
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Ravenwing Black Knights spearhead a lightning assault against a horde of Tyranids

Mounted on powerful, heavily customised Mark IV Assault Bikes, the Ravenwing Black Knights
of the Chapter's 2nd Company, the Ravenwing, are heavily armed shock
cavalry. Those who survive in the Ravenwing long enough learn to take
the doctrines of mobile warfare to the next level of mastery. If they
can pass the Seven Rites of the Raven, they will be inducted into the
Black Knights, the Inner Circle of the 2nd Company. There, they will
learn the real reason behind their hunt for Heretics and the truth about
their Chapter's history. Ravenwing Black Knights ride to battle atop
Mark IV Raven Pattern Space Marine Assault Bikes, powerful machines outfitted with deadly Plasma Talons. To signify their exalted status, Black Knights carry Corvus Hammers,
which are patterned after an ancient Calibanite weapon used to hunt the
Great Beasts. The Black Knights' riding skills are supreme, and they
can drive at top speed through almost any impediments to close on their
foes.
Ravenwing Command Squads usually consist of experienced Ravenwing
Black Knights who form a swift and highly-mobile bodyguard around a
mounted Chapter officer, or execute other specialised missions on their
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wielding a deadly blade of Calibanite origin. When a Ravenwing Command
Squad rides to battle, they form a rallying point for one of the most
fearsome fast strike forces in the galaxy. Beneath the fluttering shadow
of their standard, the black-armoured Astartes of the Ravenwing bring
death to the enemies of the Emperor.

Ravenwing Vehicles

To
carry out their operations, the Ravenwing of the Dark Angels and the
other Unforguven Chapters makes use of a variety of vehicles intended to
enhance tactical mobility and manoeuvrability. The Ravenwing even
maintains its own air support arm that is seprate from the rest of the
Chapter. The Ravenwing makes use of the following types of vehicles:

Land Speeders - Most often, Land Speeders
form highly mobile support for the ground-bound bike elements of the
Ravenwing or larger Dark Angels strike forces. While part of the
Ravenwing closes with the enemy, it is the Land Speeders that ensure
that the bike-mounted spearhead can reach its quarry. To do this
requires vehicles and pilots as mobile and quick-witted as the bike
formations themselves. The Ravenwing advocate a fluid style of attack,
and all its members must be ready to switch from well-rehearsed
set-piece attacks to improvised breakthroughs or rapid pursuit of
fleeing foes. In the Ravenwing's unconventional composition, a single
Land Speeder makes up part of the standard Attack Squadron, while others
(up to five) are grouped into Support Squadrons that can be split as
needed. This unusual doctrine has been developed because the Ravenwing
use Land Speeders to perform a variety of battlefield roles, due to
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tactical demands.

Ravenwing Master-Crafted Land Speeder - The Ravenwing Master-Crafted Land Speeder is a unique variant of the Land Speeder used only by Master (Captain) Sammael of the Dark Angels' Ravenwing. The Master of the Ravenwing's Land Speeder is heavily armed with twin Heavy Bolters and twin-linkedAssault Cannons. In addition, this specialised pattern of Land Speeder is equipped with superior targeting equipment and a protective Void Shield generator.

Land Speeder Vengeance - The Land Speeder Vengeance is a variant of the standard Land Speeder and is used only by the Dark Angels and their Unforgiven
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load-out, providing the Ravenwing with a highly mobile and deadly
support battery to aid them in their hunt for the Fallen.

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mounted with an ancient stone statue known as a Stone Guardian, an Icon
of Old Caliban or the Ten Brothers of The Order. Ten such idols exist
within the Chapter's Armoury. These statues were some of the few barren
remnants found amongst the ruins of the Tower of Angels following the
destruction of Caliban and were exposed to intense Warp energies during the catastrophe that destroyed that world. Locked in stasis displays deep in the Reclusiam of The Rock
for years, it was not until the desperation of the Vendetta Campaign
that the Dark Angels at last felt compelled to unleash their arcane
power upon the battlefield. Each statue was mounted upon the chassis of a
Land Speeder Vengeance, with great cables siphoning off its strange
energy and amplifying it, and a power field of unknown quality which
ripples outwards from these grim reliquaries and absorbs most forms of
electromagnetic energy. In battle, the Darkshroud is used in support of
the Ravenwing, its otherworldly veil serving to partially obscure and
protect the company's bikes and light vehicles as they streak towards
the foe. Even the blazing beam of a Lascannon can be swallowed within that gloaming field of eldritch power, dissipating harmlessly while the Ravenwing speed onwards.

Nephilim Jetfighter - Nephilim Jetfighters are sleek Dark Angels aircraft deployed from the fighter bays of The Rock or any of the Dark Angels' Strike Cruisers. Although sometimes given the task of escorting Thunderhawks
to their drop sites, the main role for the Nephilim is as an
interceptor to establish air superiority over the battlefield, allowing
their brethren to concentrate on ground targets with little concern for
aerial assault. The Nephilim Jetfighters have only been used by the Dark
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Lionheart engine, the technology was used to modify older designs,
though many features were left in place to appease the Machine Spirits. The end product was a more agile fighter with improved speed, even while carrying more powerful armaments. With a twin-linkedLascannon
mounted in its nose, the Nephilim is ideally suited to bringing down
aerial targets. It has proven itself on innumerable occasions.

Ravenwing Dark Talon - The Ravenwing Dark Talon
is perhaps the deadliest weapon in the Ravenwing's arsenal, and it
plays a pivotal role in the 2nd Company's eternal hunt for the Fallen. A
strange and ominous-looking craft, this atmospheric fighter is topped
with sepulchre-like spires and half-covered in a gothic facade. Flying
low, the Dark Talon follows the contours of surrounding terrain.
Utilising its ground-facing boost jets, the Dark Talon can literally
hang in the air, hovering above its victims like some black bird of
prey. The Dark Talon attacks in two ways; it is armed to provide direct
air support to allies on the ground with an underslung racked Hurricane Bolter
under each of its blunt wings. The Dark Talon also carries a single
bomb. It is able to accelerate on bombing runs, delivering its strange
payload to their marked quarry. This archaic holdover from the Age of Technology
is an archaic weapon known as a Stasis Bomb, the blast from which
causes a degree of heat damage but, more importantly, momentarily halts
the flow of time. This unnatural disruption to the time stream causes
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sometimes referred to as the Stained Glass Cannon, is a weapon
developed at the zenith of Mankind's technological achievements and his
hubris long before the Emperor first reigned upon Terra. When fired, it
emits a beam of Warp energy that emerges with a cascade of scintillating colours that explode into a blossom of oblivion as a small rift into the Immaterium
is opened at the beam's point of contact. In addition to its mighty
arsenal, the Dark Talon carries a stasis-crypt holding cell where the
Dark Angels' captives are loaded so that they might be ferried up to the
orbital fleet and, ultimately, to the dungeons of The Rock and the attentions of the awaiting Interrogator-Chaplains.

Remaining Chapter Companies

The remainder of the Chapter is organised along standard Codex Astartes
lines. The 3rd, 4th, and 5th Companies are Battle Companies -- the
backbone of the Chapter's fighting ability and the core of any prolonged
campaign. In large battles, these formations generally form the centre
and will be counted upon to bear the brunt of the fighting. The 6th and
7th Companies are Tactical Companies, each consisting entirely of Tactical Squads.
These act as a reserve which may be used to bolster the front line,
launch diversionary attacks or stem enemy flanking moves. The 8th
Company consists of Assault Squads, typically equipped with Jump Packs. When deployed en masse,
this company is used to storm an enemy's position -- quickly closing
with a foe and engaging in close ranged or hand-to-hand combat. The 9th
Company consists solely of Devastator Squads.
It is the most powerfully armed company in the Chapter, and is used to
bolster defence points and provide long-ranged fire support. The 10th
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the future of the Chapter and has no formal size as the rate of
recruitment operates under a wide number of variables. Those Scout
Squads nearest to completing their training are assigned to strike
forces. It is almost unheard of for the Scout Company to fight as a
single unit.

Chapter Support

All of the companies of the Chapter, with the exception of the Deathwing, the Ravenwing and the 10th Company, maintain Rhino and Razorback transports for each of their squads and Masters. More vehicles are held centrally by the Chapter Armoury, while Drop Pods are held by the Chapter fleet. The Deathwing has designated Land Raiders,
and more are held in the armoury for use as requested by a Company
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being interred within his cybernetic sarcophagus. When not active,
Dreadnoughts can be found powered down in The Rock's Halls of Silence. The Dark Angels Chapter includes a large number of support staff, the great majority of whom are human Chapter Serfs,
though there are a few Space Marines amongst their number. Most of
these are non-combatants of advanced years, tasked with leading the
day-to-day administration of the Chapter, such as the Victuallers, or
the Master of Recruits. A particularly vital branch of the Chapter's
support staff is that within the armoury. These include the Chapter's Techmarines, and the vast number of mono-task Servitors that perform mundane work and maintenance.

Dark Angels Librarians

Like their fellow Astartes Chapters, the Dark Angels also maintain a Librarium of potent psykers who are highly talented and trained to master the power of the Warp at the highest levels. Each Chapter selects its Librarians
in its own way, either from seed worlds, as it does with the bulk of
its Initiates, or from the ranks of gifted psykers brought to the Scholastica Psykana. Most Chapters train and test chosen psykers following the ancient ways laid out in the Codex Astartes.
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Force Barrier - Wrapping himself in a blanket of
power, the Dark Angels Librarian is able to create a potent but static
psychic shell around himself.

Hellfire - The Librarian is able to summon a torrent of psychic fire to burn and char his foes.

Mask of Shadows - Covering his thoughts in
darkness, the Librarian hides his mind from sight, confounding the
efforts of enemy psykers or fearsome foes to psychically engage him.

Mind Worm - Driving deep into the target’s mind,
the Librarian implants the seed of doubt and remorse, crippling the
creature with indecision and guilt.

True Strike - Deadly against those with the psychic gift, the effects of a True Strike can smash an enemy psyker’s mind to pieces.

Weaken Resolve - The Dark Angels Librarian forces
his way into the minds of his foes, robbing them of their will to fight
and eroding whatever mental resistance they possess.

Order of Battle

As noted above, the Dark Angels and their Successor Chapters, the Unforgiven, are not organised according to the dictates of the Codex Astartes,
instead maintaining their own unique order of battle which is intended
primarily to aid their continued hunt for all of the remaining Fallen Angels, and to maximise their secrecy in doing so. The current Chapter order of battle as of 999.M41 is as follows:

Chapter Command:Azrael,
Supreme Grand Master of the Dark Angels Chapter, leads a council of
officers drawn from the senior-most members of the Inner Circle. This
council's composition changes depending upon the wishes of each Supreme
Grand Master

Armorium: Master of the Rock (The Master of the Rock serves as the Chapter's Master of the Forge; he is cybernetically hard-wired into the systems of The Rock and is NOT a member of the Inner Circle because of his shared allegiance to the Adeptus Mechanicus)

Chapter Recruitment

As the Dark Angels have no homeworld to speak of (since the destruction of Caliban),
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human's lifetime, and take the strongest juveniles from the population.
Each Aspirant is thoroughly screened, and from the moment he is accepted
into the Chapter as a Neophyte Space Marine, his past becomes
irrelevant. Once the recruit is accepted he will undergo the normal
rites to become a Space Marine. However, should he fail, his mind will
be wiped clean and his body converted into that of a Servitor,
the mindless cybernetic automatons that carry out the labourious tasks
of the Chapter. Unlike other Chapters, the Dark Angels do not make use
of human Chapter serfs or bondsmen, only Servitors, as they fear that
human serfs could be compromised to reveal all of the Chapter's secrets.
After the Horus Heresy,
the Dark Angels recruited from a single planet known as Plain's World.
Sometime before the 41st Millennium, a group of returning Deathwing
found that their sole recruiting world had been overrun fifty years
earlier by TyranidGenestealers, with only a few un-tainted humans remaining among the populace. The Terminators,
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non-existent. And so, the Terminators engaged in their native death
ritual. Instead of anointing their skin with white ash, they anointed
their armour, changing its colour to bone-white. The Terminators
cleansed the world and rescued the enslaved populace, and in honour of
those few Terminators, the armour of all Dark Angels Terminators was
ever after painted white. The Dark Angels' leadership, the Inner Circle,
thereafter recognised the folly of relying upon one planet for manpower
and so diversified their recruiting grounds to include other Imperial
worlds.

Deathwatch Service

The Dark Angels have been seconding Battle-Brothers to the service of the Deathwatch for millennia, and Watch Station Erioch
has several of the Chapter’s brethren occupying senior appointments,
including the lost Watch Captain Ramiel. As one of the greatest of
Adeptus Astartes Chapters, the Dark Angels have fought against every
foe, and often bring huge reserves of experience and wisdom to the
Deathwatch upon taking their Apocryphon Oath. In addition, Dark Angels
are known for their resolute devotion to duty, undertaking the most
arduous of missions with solemn dedication. It is also whispered that
the Dark Angels are not always wholly altruistic in seconding
Battle-Brothers to the Deathwatch, and it is undeniable that doing so
greatly aids the Unforgiven’s ongoing hunt for the Fallen. Most
Deathwatch Kill-teams
are made up of but a handful of Battle-Brothers, sent alone into the
far reaches of the void to pursue objectives unknown to even the highest
tiers of the Imperium’s government. The net is cast wide, and several
Fallen are believed to have been captured by the Inner Circle following
reports passed on by a Dark Angel serving in the Deathwatch. Yet, the
Dark Angels must observe the Apocryphon Oath or risk bringing dishonour
to their Chapter and earning the wrath of the Deathwatch, and the Inquisition.
Dark Angels often remain aloof from their Kill-team Battle-Brothers,
yet in time, they learn that the Deathwatch has its own secrets, many
every bit as damning as those kept by the Unforgiven.

Chapter Headquarters

The ruins of Caliban are located in the Cadian Sector, to the galactic north of the Eye of Terror. Prior to the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy, the Death World of Caliban was covered with lush forests, inhabited by monstrous creatures warped by the proximity of Chaos
in the Eye of Terror. The humans of the planet were a proud, martial
people, forced to live in great stone fortress-monasteries. The Dark
Angels eventually rebuilt their fortress-monastery
on the asteroid that had borne the original fortress-monastery of The
Order, known as Aldurukh, "the Rock of Eternity" in one of the old
Calibanite dialects of Low Gothic.
Aldurukh was originally the name of the mountain that The Order's
founders had decided for the site to build their fortress-monastery,
using the name of the mountain for the fortress. Though The Order had
other fortress-monasteries, Aldurukh was their first, and so they gave
it a name that mattered, a name that summed up exactly what they were
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The Dark Angels drilled deep into the old bedrock and rebuilt the
ruins into a vast new complex with advanced Imperial technology worthy
of a Chapter of Astartes. The fortress-monastery is known officially as Angelicasta (the Tower of Angels) but is more commonly referred to as "The Rock"
just like its ancient predecessor Aldurukh, though this term is more
properly applied to the dead asteroid that is all that remains of lost
Caliban.
Following the destruction of Caliban, the Dark Angels made The
Rock their new home. never was there a gloomier site, for although the
Warp Storm that scoured Caliban could not penetrate the
fortress-monastery of Aldurukh's shields, they left an indelible mark.
The force field over the fortress-monastery held, but was rent with
cracks. To this day, there exists a disturbance within the field's
protective shell, as if part of that tempest still rages within. Great
chain-lightnings arc across the artificial atmosphere that surrounds the
craggy Rock, briefly outlining the ruins that crown the asteroid.

The Dark Angels explored the halls and dungeons that they found
beneath the fortress-monastery. There, they claimed the hoard of
machinery that had sat untouched since the little-understood Age of Technology.
Many of the devices from that apex period of human invention still
worked, like the great shield generator itself, although their
mechanisms were now unfathomable. Although the extant halls were large, a
massive labour carved out deeper and deeper catacombs beneath the
asteroid's bedrock, excavating room for an entire Space Marine Legion.
With the aid of the Tech-priests of Mars,
docks were added, allowing for the entrance of spacecraft. Although it
took centuries to complete, The Rock was also outfitted with Warp-Drive engines, allowing the Dark Angels' new headquarters to travel across the galaxy through the tides of the Immaterium.
While the artisans did marvellous work, crafting halls full of
clustered columns rising to arched vaults, and much decorated ceremonial
crypts to hold the I Legion's sacred relics, it was a grim place, full
of echoes and cold stone.
Although only a fraction of what was once Caliban, The Rock is
larger than even the heaviest class of starship, and it bears formidable
firepower. The sheer sides of its mass are studded with gun turrets, Lance
batteries, torpedo tubes, observation blisters and communications
relays. Its cavernous docking bays can accomodate many hundreds of
smaller craft -- including Thunderhawk gunships, Nephilim Jetfighters and even Escort frigates.
No effort was made to rebuild the ruined Tower of Angels atop The
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from the cold depths of space by the same force fields that shrouded it
from the destruction of Caliban. Although attempts have been made to
mask it, an unusual energy signature emanates outwards from The Rock,
portending of some great power hidden within. Beneath the shattered
ruins, many dark secrets lay cloistered from sight, and the deeper into
The Rock's labyrinth of dungeons one goes, the closer one comes to the
truth of the Dark Angels -- even truths they themselves do not yet
comprehend.
The warrens beneath The Rock are where the Dark Angels bring their Fallen Angels brethren to be redeemed by their Interrogator-Chaplains. It is believed by the Inquisition
to hold many other secrets of critical importance to the Imperium. Only
when a Dark Angel reaches the rank of Master (Company Captain) does he
truly learn all the secrets of the Dark Angels, but one secret is known
only to the Supreme Grand Master, the Master of the Chapter: the Fallen
Angels' leader, the Chaos ChampionLuther,
is not only still alive, but imprisoned within the deepest, most secure
cavern of The Rock. He is incurably insane, and has thwarted the
attempts of every Supreme Grand Master to make him repent to date.
Luther simply rants and raves that he has no need of confession or
repentance, for one day Lion El'Jonson will return and forgive him for
his sins against the Emperor.
Near the heart of The Rock lies a single cell. It is deep in the
bowels of the asteroid base, where only the Watchers in the Dark and the
Supreme Grand Master of the Chapter are allowed to venture. There, past
locked gates that are shielded by dozens of feet of adamantine plating,
is an oubliette. Its walls are inscribed with the most potent runes of
warding known to Men, and they have been inscribed to keep creatures
out, but also to keep something within. There, sustained in life for ten
thousand standard years by a powerful stasis field, languishes the

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Luther's cell can only by reached by the Supreme Grand Master of the Chapter, who possesses the ancient Power Sword and mark of his office known as the Sword of Secrets.
Fitting the blade into a cleft in the wall unlocks the iron gate
leading to a dark tunnel and the rune-protected cell in which the
Arch-Heretic Luther is imprisoned.

For nearly 10,000 standard years, the Dark Angels have kept the
secret of the disastrous events that took place on Caliban at the end of
the Horus Heresy. They will never reveal the truth to anyone outside
their Chapter, for they could not bear for others to know their terrible
shame. And all the while, deep within The Rock, his continued existence
known only to the Watchers in the Dark and the Chapter's Supreme Grand Master, the Archtraitor Luther raves on -- speaking of what is to come or emitting senseless shrieks of despair.
At times, his voice assumes a grating, inhuman quality and it
tells cunning lies or speaks worlds of such utter despair that to hear
them is to wish for death. It is the rare moments of lucidity, when
Luther begs for his own end, that are, perhaps, the hardest to endure --
although each and every Supreme Grand Master has done so. Down the
ages, the Supreme Grand Masters have had some success in using Luther as
an oracle. Although his Warp-contaminated and deranged mind often
wanders or attempts to deceive, during moments of lucidity the
Luther-thing speaks of events that will be, or might be, or drops hints
at what is hidden and where. Since the Fall of Caliban, each Supreme
Grand Master has, in turn, taken the long, dark walk down to the heavily
psi-warded cell. Each has tried to extract a confession from the
Archheretic, each has tried to penetrate the madness that now clouds his
mind; none have succeeded. The thing that was, and may still be, Luther
has divulged many secrets -- from the names and locations of members of
the Fallen; to the whereabouts of relics from the I Legion secreted in
the underworks beneath the old fortress-monastery. Mostly, however, all
that can be gotten out of Luther are mad ravings -- over and over he
repeats that he has no need of repentance, for one day Lion El-Jonson
will return and absolve him of his sins, and he claims that day is near
and that he can already feel that the Lion lies close at hand. Yet the
Supreme Grand Masters still hope to gain wisdom from this Dark Oracle,
hoping to hear Luther recant, so that he might be, at last, released
from the torments of life. Yet even the highest-ranking Dark Angels do
not know everything, although they believe that they do...
Buried yet deeper within The Rock, hidden in its innermost
chamber, is the final, greatest secret of the Dark Angels and the
Unforgiven. It remains unknown to the Inquisition or the Inner Circle of the Chapter. Only one person in the galaxy knows the full truth -- the Emperor of Mankind.
Even in his living death upon the Golden Throne, even though the sunken
orbits of his skull no longer have eyes, the Emperor still sees much.
Hidden inside a seclude

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planet of Caliban, unreachable by all save the cryptic Watchers in the
Dark, the Primarch Lion El'Jonson lies sleeping. There he slumbers, his
wounds long-healed, waiting for that time when he will be needed again,
when the clarion call of battle sounds for the last time, summoning him
once again to defend the Imperium of Man against its many enemies.
During his duel with Luther on Caliban, Lion El'Jonson suffered a
severe psychic blow which left him mortally wounded. He was then pulled
into the Warp
and lost as the Dark Angels of that time believed. Yet what they did
not know was that Jonson emerged from the Warp not long after on The
Rock, his own abilities as a Primarch having proven to be enough of a
defence to prevent the Ruinous Powers
from seizing him, though he had lapsed into a coma. Once Luther was
taken prisoner by the Dark Angels, the comatose form of Jonson was also
taken into the deepest chamber of the Rock and placed into stasis
to keep him alive. It was the mysterious Watchers in the Dark, their
purposes always their own, who led the wounded Primarch to his rest deep
within the heart of The Rock. Yet some amongst the Unforgiven believe
the Lion will eventually return for one final Crusade intended to lead
the Dark Angels to their greatest victory for Mankind and finally bring justice to the remaining Fallen Angels.
Others believe that the Lion will only return when the End Times come
and the Imperium stands at the brink of destruction. For these
believers, Jonson will reappear from the Immaterium, forgive the sins of
the Fallen and reunite them with the rest of the Unforgiven as they
prepare to defend Mankind one final time. Little do they realise that
their Primarch rests literally beneath their feet.

Master of the Rock

Most Space Marine Ch

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within the Chapter. With deep understanding of the arcane sciences
refined over many standard years of experience, the Master of the Forge
is comparable to a Tech-priest of the Adeptus Mechanicus. The Dark
Angels maintain a similar role within their Chapter known as the Master
of the Rock, although there is an ominous difference. Upon ascending to
the honoured position, the Master of the Rock follows his predecessors
in the office by being permanently and cybernetically hard-wired into
the control nave of Cogitators located deep within the asteroid base. It is his solemn duty to placate the most important Machine Spirits, directing the maintenance of the engines and Warp-Drive that allow the enormous asteroid to navigate the galaxy.
It is his mind alone that perceives the workings of the force
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Rock, whose bodies of flesh and bone have withered, are left in place,
their mechanical upgrades still functioning while their bones fall in
dusty heaps below. Eventually, these bodes will be collected for display
in the Alcoves of Honour. Because of their dual allegiance to the
Chapter and the Adeptus Mechanicus, Techmarines are never inducted into
the Deathwing. This includes the Master of the Rock; he is privy only to
the secrets of the Dark Angels' asteroid base and its hoard of ancient
technology, but never to the greatest secrets shrouding the Chapter's
origins.

Chapter Combat Doctrine

The Dark Angels follow the standard combat doctrine of the Codex Astartes,
but their dogged resistance against overwhelming odds is legendary. The
Dark Angels will stubbornly stand their ground in combat, refusing to
give ground to the enemy, even if it is tactically beneficial to do so.
The primary driving force of the Chapter is the hunt and capture of the remaining Fallen Angels.
Only by forcing every single one to repent do the Dark Angels believe
they can restore their honour. If a member of the Fallen or someone who
may know of the location of one, is present on the battlefield, the Dark
Angels will ignore their objective and do all in their power to capture
this individual. Everything else is second to the capture of a Fallen
Angel, including any other human life. It is not unknown for Dark Angels
to fire upon friendly targets in order to prevent them from discovering
the secret of the Fallen. Those friendly units that survive are often
taken to The Rock to be turned into Servitors, to silence them forever.
The Dark Angels are also notoriously intolerant of non-humans and mutants, even those like Squats, Ogryns or Ratlings who are considered benevolent by the Imperium of Man. They are also highly mistrustful of the Imperial Inquisition,
and will refuse to fight alongside any force that incorporates members
of the Inquisition, or non-human soldiers, except in the most dire of
circumstances. This is due to the fact that they do not want the
Inquisition investigating the Chapter or discovering its dark secrets.

Notable Dark Angels

Lion El'Jonson - Lion El'Jonson was the Primarch of the I Legion of Space Marines. Following the events of the Horus Heresy, Jonson and his Crusading fleet returned to his homeworld of Caliban.
Inexplicably, they were fired upon by the Dark Angel forces garrisoned
there under the command of his once-trusted mentor and surrogate father,
Luther,
who had been entrusted with the custodianship of Caliban in the Lion's
absence. Luther would eventually betray the Lion after allowing himself
to be seduced by the offers of Chaos,
rallying a good portion of the Dark Angels who had been left behind by
their fellows to garrison the Legion's homeworld to his cause and
attacking the Lion's fleet as he returned to Caliban. The titanic
struggle between the two former friends resulted in the destruction of
Caliban and the loss of the Dark Angels' Primarch, as well as the escape
of Luther's allies who had sided with the Ruinous Powers. Known as the Fallen Angels
amongst their former Battle-Brothers of the I Legion, it became the
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Supreme Grand Master Azrael
- The current, and some would say greatest, Supreme Grand Master of the
Dark Angels Chapter and the unofficial commander of all the Dark
Angels' Successor Unforgiven Chapters during the 41st Millennium.

Supreme Grand Master Naberius - Naberius was a former Supreme Grand Master of the Dark Angels who was led into an ambush and slain by Chaos Space Marines whilst in pursuit of the infamous Fallen Angel Cypher in 939.M41. Azrael led the Deathwing to recover his body and was subsequently named as his successor.

Supreme Grand Master Aradiel - Aradiel was a former Supreme Grand Master of the Dark Angels that led the boarding action of the infamous Space HulkPrison of Lost Souls.

Supreme Grand Master Armaros - The twelfth Supreme Grand
Master of the Dark Angels, Armaros led his Chapter to victory in the
Bloodpox Campaign in 101.M34 against the vile Death GuardTraitor Legion and the Renegade warband known as the Brotherhood of the Plague. Armaros contracted the loathsome pox known as Nurgle's Rot, causing his rapid deterioration. His condition convinced the Supreme Grand Master to immediately pass the Lion Helm
to his chosen successor. To ensure the contamination did not spread,
Armaros voluntarily entered The Rock's reactor chamber and was wholly
consumed.

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Fallen are not far behind. This name comes from ancient Caliban, where
it was commonly a title, Lord Cypher, rather than a name, given to the
man who would renounce his own true name and become the keeper of the
Order's traditions, rituals, lore and ceremonies.

Chapter Commander Merir Astelan - Astekan ordered the planetary defences on Caliban to fire on Lion El'Jonson's fleet after it returned to the Chapter homeworld from the Horus Heresy.
He was cast into the Warp and reemerged into the galaxy during the 41st
Millennium after which he was captured by the Dark Angels, taken to The
Rock and interrogated about what had happened on Caliban, offering one
perspective of those tragic events.

Master Baradiel - Master of the Dark Angels 3rd Company
who led the assault against the Forces of Chaos upon the world of
Persembe II in 551.M37. He confronted the the vile and twisted Chaos
Magister known as Potchek as slew the foul servant of Chaos in personal
combat.

Master Belial - Current Master of the Deathwing
Company. Under his leadership the Deathwing have fought in scores of
mighty battles, distinguishing themselves in the fighting around the Eye
of Terror during Abaddon's 13th Black Crusade. The Deathwing was also pivotal in the victories won amongst the foetid marshes on Crassia II and the rout of the Renegade Space MarinesChapter known as the Violators on Terraq.

Master Sammael - Master of the Ravenwing Company, rides a rare anti-gravity Jetbike left from the time of the Horus Heresy.

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Master Ezekiel - Grand Master of Librarians - Keeper of the Book of Salvation. This ancient tome contains the names of every one of the Fallen Angels that the Dark Angels have captured.

Master Sapphon - Present Grand Master of Chaplains
(Reclusiarch) for the Chapter. He received the post neither due to age
nor ability as an interrogator (Asmodai is his superior in both these
things), but for his great leadership skills.

Master Ezekiel - Leader of the Deathwing recruiting party which discovered the Genestealer
infection of their own homeworld of Plain's World. Realizing that they
faced a potential suicide mission, the Dark Angels Space Marines
reverted to their tribal names, and painted their armour death-white.
Ezekiel became the warrior Cloudrunner once again, and fought along side
Weasel-Fierce, Bloody Moon, and the Librarian Lucius, known as Two
Heads Talking.

Master Gabriel - Ex-Master of the Deathwing. Gabriel was
sent to find Captain Ezekiel and his men as they did not return from
Totem. On finding Ezekiel the lone survivor, Gabriel discovered the fate
of his Brothers. Gabriel returned to his Chapter and started the new
Deathwing Company using his own badge, a broken sword mixed with the
wings of the Chapter badge, and kept the white in respect of his
Brothers. He was killed on the Space HulkCharnel Shrine.

Master Balthasar
- The current Master of the Dark Angels' 5th Company, Balthasar was led
by his former Master Zadakiel to the world of Stern's Remembrance where
they discovered the notorious Fallen AngelAttias the Untamed,
who then attempted to warn his erstwhile brothers that it was all an
elaborate trap, and that they should take their leave. The Dark Angels
took Attias into custody and attempted to take their leave, but as they
made their way back to their Thunderhawks the trap was sprung, as a massive Drop Pod assault was launched by the Chaos warband known as the Crimson Slaughter while their allied Chaos Cultists
surrounded the outnumbered Dark Angels. In the ensuing battle, the Dark
Angels reluctantly freed Attias, allowing him to fight by their side in
order to survive the Heretics' onslaught. As Zadakiel was about to
board the hovering gunship, the HelbruteMortis Metalikus appeared. Zadakiel drew the Heavenfall Blade called Fellbane
and started to do battle with the beast. Despite his agility, the
Helbrute eventually got the upper hand and was about to crush him
underfoot when the Thunderhawk appeared, shooting the Helbrute and
giving Zadakiel the chance to climb aboard. However, as the Dark Angels
Master grabbed the open ramp at the front of the Thunderhawk, the
Helbrute snatched at him, dragging Zadakiel down. Seeing he could not
escape his fate and that the Helbrute was aiming his Multi-melta at the Thunderhawk, Zadakiel threw Fellbane
into the Thunderhawk and let go, falling to his death. His position as
Master of the 5th Company was then passed on to Balthasar, who became
the new leader of the company. Since then, Balthasar has continued to
obsessively hunt down the Crimson Slaughter, intent on enacting his
vengeance against those Chaos Space Marines by destroying them utterly,
and avenging his fallen Master.

Master Zadakiel
- Former Master of the Dark Angels 5th Company, Zadakiel led his
company to the world of Stern's Remembrance where they discovered the
notorious Fallen AngelAttias the Untamed,
who then attempted to warn his erstwhile brothers that it was all an
elaborate trap, and that they should take their leave. The Dark Angels
took Attias into custody and attempted to take their leave, but as they
made their way back to their Thunderhawks the trap was sprung, as a massive Drop Pod assault was launched by the Chaos warband known as the Crimson Slaughter while their allied Chaos Cultists
surrounded the outnumbered Dark Angels. In the ensuing battle, the Dark
Angels reluctantly freed Attias, allowing him to fight by their side in
order to survive the Heretics' onslaught. As Zadakiel was about to
board the hovering gunship, the HelbruteMortis Metalikus appeared. Zadakiel drew the Heavenfall Blade called Fellbane
and started to do battle with the beast. Despite his agility, the
Helbrute eventually got the upper hand and was about to crush him
underfoot when the Thunderhawk appeared, shooting the Helbrute and
giving Zadakiel the chance to climb aboard. However, as the Dark Angels
Master grabbed the open ramp at the front of the Thunderhawk, the
Helbrute snatched at him, dragging Zadakiel down. Seeing he could not
escape his fate and that the Helbrute was aiming his Multi-melta at the Thunderhawk, Zadakiel threw Fellbane
into the Thunderhawk and let go, falling to his death. His position as
Master of the 5th Company was then passed on to the company's
senior-most surviving Astartes, Sergeant Balthasar.

Master Zahariel - Zahariel was a formidable Librarian during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras.

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was truly remarkable. Over a number of decades, Ramiel has pursued a
Fallen who had presumably joined the Deathwatch under the guise of a
Black Shield. For decades thereafter, Ramiel has spent years secretly
investigating Watch Fortress Erioch's Deathwatch Chaplain Titus Strome, a
former Black Shield of unknown provenance. Unable to confront Strome
directly, he arranged for his gene-seed to be tested. However, before
the matter could be resolved, Ramiel was called upon to lead a Kill-team
on a special mission. Ramiel and his team disappeared after they were
sent to re-establish contact with Watch Station Midael. No trace of them
has been found since. Midael remains out of contact with the Deathwatch
to this day and the secrets it might hold are still hidden.

Interrogator-Chaplain Asmodai - Oldest and most successful living Interrogator-Chaplain within the Chapter today. Bearer of the fabled Blades of Reason.

Interrogator-Chaplain Belphegor - Belphegor participated in the Siege of Vraks (Vraks Devastation Force) where he notably saved the life of Supreme Grand Master Azrael by besting the traitor Alpha Legion Captain known as Arkos the Faithless in single combat, sending the Chaos Space Marine reeling with a single blow from his Crozius Arcanum just as Arkos was about to put an end to Azrael's life.

Interrogator-Chaplain Molochia - Greatest of the Dark
Angels' Interrogator-Chaplains. Molochia died after over 300 years'
service to the Chapter, with 12 Black Pearls on his Rosarius,
meaning he had successfully gotten 12 of the Fallen to repent. To this
day, no other Interrogator-Chaplain has emulated this achievement.

Interrogator-Chaplain Uzziel - Uzziel was an Interrogator Chaplain and former Knight of Lupus.

Interrogator-Chaplain Boreas - Chaplain of the 3rd
Company during the Battle of Piscina IV. Boreas is known to have
successfully extracted the confession from the infamous Fallen Angel
Merir Astelan.

Brother Bethor - Bearer of the Sacred Standard. (The
Dark Angels have three Sacred Standards, namely the Standards of
Fortitude, Retribution and Devastation.)

Brother-Sergeant Kohl - By the two hundredth years of
the Great Crusade era, Brother-Sergeant Kohl was a Terran born Dark
Angel and one of the oldest serving battle-brothers that had fought in
the very first battles of the Great Crusade.

Revered Venerari - Revered Venerari is a Dark Angels Dreadnought who served in the 3rd Company during the Piscina IV Campaign.

Notable Friendships

Ragnar Blackmane, the young Wolf Lord of the Space WolvesChapter, recently aided the Dark Angels' secret pursuit of the Fallen Angels
upon the world of Hyades. While Ragnar knows nothing of the reasons for
the Dark Angels' pursuit of these particular Renegades, his actions
have begun to heal the long-standing feud between the Dark Angels and
the Space Wolves.

Chapter Fleet

The Dark Angels were known to possesses the following vessels as part
of their Legion fleet during the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy and
as part of their Chapter fleet after the Second Founding:

Decimator(Grand Cruiser) - Grand Cruiser
that was assigned to the 4th Expeditionary Fleet during the Great
Crusade. Temporary flagship of Lion El'Jonson during the secret mission
to the forge world of Diamat.

Duchess Arbellatris(Avenger-class Grand Cruiser)
- assigned to the 4th Expeditionary Fleet during the Great Crusade.
Temporarily reassigned during the secret mission to the forge world of
Diamat.

Flamberge(Infernus-class Grand Cruiser) - Infernus-class
Grand Cruiser assigned to the 4th Expeditionary Fleet during the Great
Crusade. Temporarily reassigned during the secret mission to the forge
world of Diamat.

Iron Duke(Avenger-class Grand Cruiser)
- Assigned to the 4th Expeditionary Fleet during the Great Crusade.
Temporarily reassigned during the secret mission to the forge world of
Diamat.

Lord Dante(Infernus-class Grand Cruiser) - Infernus-class
Grand Cruiser assigned to the 4th Expeditionary Fleet during the Great
Crusade. Temporarily reassigned during the secret mission to the forge
world of Diamat.

Amadis(Strike Cruiser)
- Strike Cruiser assigned to the 4th Expeditionary Fleet during the
Great Crusade. Temporarily reassigned during the secret mission to the
forge world of Diamat.

Adzikel(Strike Cruiser) - Strike Cruiser
assigned to the 4th Expeditionary Fleet during the Great Crusade.
Temporarily reassigned during the secret mission to the forge world of
Diamat.

Black Sword of Vengeance (Strike Cruiser) - In
456.M34, the Inquisitor Halleck, after many decades tracking degenerates
in wilderness space, captured a mysterious Heretic known only as the
Angel of Truth. The last Vox
broadcast by Halleck's ship claimed the prisoner had broken under
questioning and had revealed a deep-rooted heresy. While returning to Terra
with these revelations, the Inquisitor was beset by an unknown enemy.
The only Imperial force in the vicinity was the Dark Angels' Strike CruiserBlack Sword of Vengeance. The vessel's crew reported no sign of the Inquisitor, his vessel or the prisoner.

Sword of Caliban (Strike Cruiser)

Vehemence(Strike Cruiser)

Wrath of Caliban(Strike Cruiser) - Strike Cruiser assigned to the 4th Expeditionary Fleet during the Great Crusade.

Formidable(Light Cruiser) - Light Cruiser
assigned to the 4th Expeditionary Fleet during the Great Crusade.
Temporarily reassigned during the secret mission to the forge world of
Diamat.

Intrepid(Frigate) - Frigate assigned to the 4th Expeditionary Fleet during the Great Crusade.

Dauntless(Frigate) - Frigate assigned to the 4th Expeditionary Fleet during the Great Crusade.

Arbalest(Destroyer) - Destroyer assigned to the 4th Expeditionary Fleet during the Great Crusade.

Audacious(Destroyer) - Destroyer assigned
to the 4th Expeditionary Fleet during the Great Crusade. Temporarily
reassigned during the secret mission to the forge world of Diamat.

Courageous(Destroyer) - Destroyer
assigned to the 4th Expeditionary Fleet during the Great Crusade.
Temporarily reassigned during the secret mission to the forge world of
Diamat. Destroyed when they engaged rebel ships.

Hotspur(Destroyer) - Destroyer assigned
to the 4th Expeditionary Fleet during the Great Crusade. Temporarily
reassigned during the secret mission to the forge world of Diamat.
Destroyed when they engaged rebel ships.

Rapier(Destroyer) - Destroyer assigned to
the 4th Expeditionary Fleet during the Great Crusade. Temporarily
reassigned during the secret mission to the forge world of Diamat.
Destroyed when they engaged rebel ships.

Seventh Son(Destroyer)

Stiletto(Destroyer) - Destroyer assigned
to the 4th Expeditionary Fleet during the Great Crusade. Temporarily
reassigned during the secret mission to the forge world of Diamat.
Destroyed when they engaged rebel ships.

Seraphic Vigil(Outrider Ship, Unknown Class)

Bold Conveyor(Troopship) - Troopship assigned to the 4th Expeditionary Fleet during the Great Crusade.

Noble Sinew(Troopship) - Troopship assigned to the 4th Expeditionary Fleet during the Great Crusade.

Successor Chapters

After the Horus Heresy, the Dark Angels founded at least three Successor Chapters to track the Fallen, the known ones being the Angels of Absolution, the Angels of Redemption and the Angels of Vengeance.
These Successor Chapters share in the secret of the Fallen, and
collectively the Dark Angels and their Successors refer to themselves as
"The Unforgiven".
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The Disciples of Caliban are unusual in that the Dark Angels' Chapter
Master Anaziel specifically requested their creation, the only known
instance of a Chapter Master making such a request, much less having it
granted. The Consecrators are notorious for using lovingly-preserved
technology from the time of Lion El'Jonson himself, and as such they
bear a striking resemblance to the Dark Angels Legion of pre-Heresy
days.
Curiously, although Dark Angels gene-seed is every bit as pure and fully functional as that of the Ultramarines Chapter, the seed of the Lion has rarely been used to Found new Space Marine Chapters since the Horus Heresy by the Adeptus Mechanicus.

Chapter Relics

Blade of Caliban - Blades of Caliban are Chapter relics and each has its own honourable heritage. Only the Champions of each Company, having performed heroic and faultless duty, earn the right to wield one of these unique Power Swords.

Blades of Reason - Interrogator-ChaplainAsmodai uses an ancient and horrific device known as the Blades of Reason
that looks like a knife with many sharply-honed and polished blades.
Etched into the blades are numerous extremely fine neural-wires which
inflict agonising pain on any nerve fibres they cut through. With this
archaic weapon Asmodai attempts to extract confessions from captured Fallen Angels during interrogations in an attempt to save the doomed prisoner's soul through his expert and painful ministrations.

Book of Salvation - This sacred tome records the names of those Fallen Angels
that have been captured by the Dark Angels and the Unforgiven and their
names are entered within its ancient, dessicated pages with their own
blood. Grand Master Ezekiel is the custodian of this sacred relic.

Ceremonial Swords - Dark Angels frequently carry mundane
swords with winged hilts in the ancient Calibanite style in echo of
their Chapter badge. These weapons are used more for ceremony than in
combat, but they are perfectly functional weapons should the
Battle-Brother have reason to draw one. They are carried either in
addition to, or in lieu of, a Combat Knife depending on the individual’s preferences.

Corvus Hammer - On Caliban the thick forests made tall lances impractical, so the knights developed a unique military pick called a Corvus Hammer,
which consisted of a hammerhead modified to provide additional power
during impact. Its beak-like spike proved ideal for puncturing monster
scales and armour alike. The bike-mounted warriors of the Dark Angels
Legion adopted this weapon design and these ancient weapons are still
maintained by the Ravenwing Black Knights.

Deathroar - This venerated Plasma Pistol was recently left to the Deathwatch by Captain Raziel of the Dark Angels, who gave his life to hold a fortress on the edge of the Cellebos Warzone of the Jericho Reach against sieges by the Forces of Chaos until reinforcements arrived. Deathroar
contains the power of a heavy weapon in its small casing. The
super-heated air around the muzzle as the weapon discharges produces a
unique sound reminiscent of predatory felines from which Deathroar derives its name.

Deliverer - Deliverer is a master-crafted Bolt Pistol that has ended the lives of many an unrepentant Fallen. Grand Master Ezekiel is the current bearer of this ancient weapon.

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blades were forged from the core of a meteorite that struck The Rock in
orbit around the Feral World of Al Baradad. Fellbane is currently in the possession of Master Balthasar, Captain of the Dark Angels' 5th Company.

Flail of the Unforgiven - The veteran leaders of the Deathwing Knights, the Knight Masters, eschew the maces of their fellows in favour of brutal Power Flails called Flails of the Unforgiven.
These archaic Power Weapons are carried as a badge of office, and are a
reminder to all the Fallen of their ultimate fate at the hands of the
Dark Angels.

Foe-Smiter - This ornate Storm Bolter was wrought by Fedorovich the Great, amongst the foremost weaponsmiths of Mars during the age when the Tech-priests
joined with the Emperor's forces to equip the armies for the Great
Crusade. It was he who forged so many of the master-crafted weapons
still prized by the Imperium today, but even then, the weapon known as Foe-Smiter
was considered special. It was presented with honour to the I Legion of
the Space Marines, where it was used to great effect by Brother
Bartholomew -- the first Grand Master of the Deathwing. To this day, Foe-Smiter
can still lay down a cavalcade of fire, and is highly prized by the
Dark Angels and by the current Grand Master of the Deathwing, who always
wields it.

Furious Vengeance - This ancient Bolter was created by Master-Artificers on The Rock only a few centuries after the Horus Heresy,
and although it bears no inscription, it was consecrated with terrible
oaths of vengeance and retribution against Traitors. Over the millennia
it has cut down many hundreds of accursed Space Marines who betrayed
their Emperor and their brothers, selling their souls to Chaos. Among its victims are a number of Fallen Angels, although this fact is only known by the Inner Circle of the Chapter.

Halberd of Caliban - The Company Champion of the Deathwing traditionally carries the massive Power Weapon called the Halberd of Caliban, which was reforged from a Blade of Caliban shattered in battle long ago, and incorporating the same grim technologies that power the weapons of the Deathwing Knights.

Lion Helm - The Lion Helm is an angelic-winged helm once worn by the Dark Angels Primarch Lion El'Jonson during the bygone days of the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy
over ten thousand standard years ago. It is now the primary badge of
office of the current Supreme Grand Master of the Dark Angels. As with
all heirlooms connected to the mighty Primarch of the Dark Angels, it is
attended by the Watchers in the Dark.
The helm generates a powerful force field that has protected the
Supreme Grand Master since the days when the Dark Angels were still a Space Marine Legion. To don that winged helmet is to take up the mantle of the Lion and lead the Dark Angels to victory, or die in the attempt.

Lion's Roar - One of the most unusual pieces in the arsenal of The Rock is the Combi-weapon known as the Lion's Roar.
It is similar to the Combi-weapon borne by Supreme Grand Master Azrael,
although the single-shot plasma blast it fires is accompanied by a
devastating roar, from whence the weapon gets its name. The Lion's Roar
is issued to heroes of the Chapter and over the years it has proven to
be the ideal weapon of choice for those leading boarding missions,
bunker assaults, or a forlorn hope. Whether its heroic bearer returns
from battle or not, the Lion's Roar has always been recovered and returned to its place of honour in The Rock's armouries.

Lion's Wrath - Lion's Wrath is a master-crafted Combi-Plasma Gun.
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days following the Fall of Caliban in the early 31st Millennium. Upon
his elevation, Azrael added his name to the list of Dark Angels heroes
that have borne it into battle down through the ages.

Mace of Absolution - Bespiked, glowing with power and emanating an eerie mist from their vents, the ominous Power Weapons called Maces of Absolution
are employed by the Deathwing Knights in their endless hunt for the
Fallen. In the presence of the most accursed Heretics, their power is
amplified to awe-inspiring magnitude.

Monster Slayer of Caliban - This ancient Power
Sword was traditionally bestowed upon the most honourable knight of the
Order before the onset of a long quest into the wilds of Caliban. Its
well-honed blade is empowered by a force generator of magnificent
strength; however; over the ages, it has grown somewhat temperamental,
and the know-how to fix such ancient technology has passed beyond what
the Techmarines
of the Dark Angels can now repair in the late 41st Millennium. It is
believed that as long as its owner stays pure of mind, the Monster Slayer of Caliban
will strike down even the greatest of foes. This has been proven
countless times, perhaps most famously when Master Mortifer wielded the
blade to dispatch three hulking Carnifexes.
It is said that Mortifer later lost his faith, and the sword fizzled
out at a critical moment and could not penetrate even the crude armour
of an OrkWarlord.

Needle of Truth - It is the task of the Dark Angel Interrogator-Chaplains to extract truth from those captured by the Chapter, as well as protect its secrets and maintain its spiritual well being. The Needle of Truth is an ancient blade which was taken by the Chapter to the Jericho Reach to uncover the secrets this new sector harboured, especially rumours of the Fallen.

Perfidious Relic of the Unforgiven - Borne by the mysterious Watchers in the Dark,
these are ancient relics of the old I Legion that have been recaptured
by the Deathwing and sometimes carried into battle by the wraith-like
figures. The exact nature or function of most of these revered relics
are unknown, for they are as mysterious as the cowled figures that bear
them. What is known is their effect on the battlefield, for their
presence alone dampens the power of enemy psykers and fills the Dark Angels' opponents with feelings of dread.

The Protector - The Protector is a finely crafted suit of Artificer Power Armour
that has been faithfully maintained by the Chapter's master craftsmen
over the long millennia, and is said to provide even more protection and
durability than the usual protection of standard Power Armour. The Protector is inlaid with the sombre symbols of the Dark Angels. Its exact age is unknown, but the Protector
has been considered a Chapter Relic since the early years of the 37th
Millennium, when it is recorded in Chapter records that it saved Brother
Methias, Master of the 5th Company, from a close-range Battle Cannon
shot during the storming of the Traitor stronghold on the moons of
Secclucious VII. Since those days, this suit of armour regularly turns
up in the Master of the Armoury's log, where it is praised for its
exceptional ability to shrug off the most lethal of blows.

Raven Sword - This infamous master-crafted Power Sword is one of a triumvirate of legendary swords collectively known as the Heavenfall Blades.
These formidable weapons are only carried by the highest-ranking
members of the Dark Angels' Inner Circle. Chapter lore states that these
blades were forged from the core of a meteorite that struck The Rock in
orbit around the Feral World of Al Baradad. The blades wielded by the Master of the Deathwing and the Master of the Ravenwing
also utilise small amounts of the obsidian taken from the meteorite in
their working. It is also said that a small portion of this meteoric
substance was despatched to each of the Dark Angels' Successor Chapters,
so that the senior members of the Unforgiven's own Inner Circles would also bear the same heritage forged in steel as those borne by the Masters of the Dark Angels. The Raven Sword is currently in the possession of the Master of the Ravenwing, Captain Sammael.

Sacred Standards - These three Dark Angels standards date back to the time of the Great Crusade
in the late 30th Millennium. It is custom for only one to be displayed
at any time; the remaining two are held in the Great Hall of The Rock. The three sacred standards of the Dark Angels include:

Standard of Devastation - The Standard of
Devastation is a symbol of defiance and devastating retaliation.
Throughout its proud history, the banner has flown above numerous last
stands and as Chapter legends have it, has been found many times atop
the heaped piles of the enemy dead.

Standard of Fortitude - The Dark Angels, like
many of the Space Marine Chapters, have sacred standards which they
carry into battle in times of need to bolster the fighting strength of
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improve morale. This forbidding standard represents the unstoppable
courage and tenacity for which the Chapter is famed across the galaxy.
It inspires any nearby Dark Angels to press the attack, heedless of
incoming melee blows and ranged attacks, advancing steadily while
unleashing a hail of fire.

Standard of Retribution - The Standard of Retribution
serves to remind the Dark Angels that the enemies of the Emperor can
never be forgiven. In the shadow of this hallowed artefact, they are
inspired to fight on under any circumstances, smithing their foes with
righteous and unquenchable fury.

Sword of Secrets - The Sword of Secrets is a master-crafted Power Sword of formidable potency created soon after the disappearance of Lion El'Jonson. It is the mightiest of the so-called Heavenfall Blades, the swords cut from a block of jet-black obsidian that struck The Rock whilst in orbit around the Feral World of Al Baradad. The blade of the Sword of Secrets
is so incredibly well-crafted from a single block of the Heavenfall
obsidian that it has not chipped nor lost its keen, razor-sharp edge
over its many millennia of bloody use. This relic is borne by every
successive Supreme Grand Master of the Dark Angels and is currently in
the possession of Azrael.
Only the Supreme Grand Master knows that it is also the only device
that allows access to the deepest known dungeon in The Rock. Fitting the
blade into a cleft in the wall unlocks the iron gate leading to a dark
tunnel and the rune-protected cell in which the Arch-Heretic Luther is imprisoned.

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These formidable weapons are only carried by the highest-ranking
members of the Inner Circle of the Dark Angels. The Chapter's lore
states that these blades were forged from the core of a meteorite that
struck The Rock in orbit around the Feral World of Al Baradad. The blades wielded by the Grand Master of the Deathwing and the Master of the Ravenwing also utilise small amounts of the obsidian taken from the meteorite in their working.

Traitor's Bane - Traitor's Bane is a potent master-crafted Force Sword wielded by Grand Master Ezekiel
in battle that radiates psychic power. Phased crystalline patterns
along the Force Sword's blade coil iridescent psychic energy around it
like a snake. This fell blade is rumoured to possess the trapped spirits
of those Fallen it has slain in battle and are now entrapped within. It
is said that the blade grows darker in aspect, the shadows drawing in
around it, whenever one of the Fallen Angels are near.

Weapon Charm - Among the Deathwing,
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making them as reliable and unrelenting as the Deathwing themselves.

Chapter Appearance

Chapter Colours

Prior to the Horus Heresy, during the Great Crusade, the Power Armour
of the Dark Angels Legion was coloured jet-black. Not long after the
Legion's Primarch was reunited with the warriors of the I Legion, a
wedge began to be driven between the Calibanite Dark Angels and their
Terran-born brethren. On the right shoulder plates of the Calibanite
Dark Angels, where normally a Space Marine’s organisational and rank
markings would be painted, they were authorized to wear the personal
heraldry of their respective knightly orders. On their left shoulder
plates, El’Jonson had decreed that the Chapter's Calibanite Astartes
were to wear the dark green of their homeworld’s forests as an act of
remembrance of the battles fought to tame their homeworld under the
leadership of the Lion.
After the Heresy, the bulk of the Chapter began to appear in dark
green armour, while the 1st and 2nd Companies' panoply remained
jet-black in honour of the original Legion colours. The Deathwing
Company later re-coloured their armour to bone-white in honour of a
battle fought long ago but after the Heresy. Chapter legend states that a
band of Deathwing brethren returned to the world of their birth, only to find their people enslaved to a large Genestealers
cult. Abiding by the traditions of their people, the brethren repainted
their armour white, symbolising that they were dead men walking -
ghosts - setting out on their death-quest to rid their world of the Genestealers' taint. Since that day, the Deathwing have continued to wear their Terminator Armour in bone-white colours, in solemn remembrance of the sacrifice of their predecessors.
Veteran Dark Angels are commonly found wearing hooded cloaks and tabrads; this symbolises their shame over what the Fallen Angels had done near the end of the Great Crusade.
Cloaks and hoods are worn by the Veteran Dark Angels and the Chapter's
Inner Circle because they have learned enough about the Dark Angels'
history, and thus their shame, prior to obtaining their rank within the
Chapter.
Apothecaries
of the Da

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have a red vertical stripe painted down the centre of the helmet.

Chapter Badge

The badge of the Chapter is a winged sword on a green roundel, which
was the ancient icon of The Order. Variants of this symbol exist for the
Deathwing and Ravenwing
Companies, the former depicting the winged sword as broken, the latter a
sword held by a single wing and raven's claw. The 10th Company, the
Chapter's company of Scout Marines,
uses the Dark Angel Sword but without the wing device, to symbolise the
fact that the Scout Company comprises Chapter Neophytes, who have yet
to "earn their wings" as full Dark Angels.

Chapter Notes

Prior to the release of Codex: Angels of Death (2nd Edition), the background of the Dark Angels, both in Games Workshop material and within the fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe, was shrouded in mystery. Aspects of the Chapter's fall to Chaos
bear similarities to the legends of King Arthur, in particular
Arthur's/El'Jonson's eventual defeat, and Gawain's/Luther's fall from
grace. Also, the name of their Primarch, Lion El'Jonson, is inspired by
the English poet Lionel Johnson, the author of "The Dark Angel".
Originally the name was spelt Lyyn Elgonsen (Rogue Trader, p.
138); presumably to obscure the reference. The dark secret revealed in
the original poem was its author's homosexuality. The home of the Dark
Angels prior to the Second Edition revision of the Chapter was the
planet Delahon.

Conspiracy Theories

Games Workshop has in recent years restricted the information about
the Dark Angels to emphasize the mystery surrounding the Chapter. The
fate of Lion el'Jonson had been purposefully left out of all texts since
the 2nd Edition Codex: Angels of Death (a Dark Angels/Blood
Angels "combo" codex; the first dedicated codex for either Chapter) from
the mid-1990s, and only re-emerged in the 2001 "Index Astartes" article
published in White Dwarf magazine.
While the Inner Circle of the Chapter know of the existence of Luther's
stasis cell beneath The Rock, there is another chamber at the very
heart of the Rock that is unknown to all but the Watchers in the Dark
and the Emperor himself. This secret chamber contains the still-sleeping
form of Lion el'Jonson. Similarly, information regarding the Chaos Space Marines character Cypher, rumoured to be foremost of the Fallen, is kept vague to further fuel players' imaginations.
The novel Angels of Darkness, written by Games Workshop
staff member and codex writer Gav Thorpe, provides an alternative
account of the events that split the Chapter, and the Primarchs'
influence over their Space Marines. Despite the layers of learning and
civilisation el'Jonson acquired in later life, the time he spent in the
forests of Caliban marked him permanently, and he remained a brooding,
paranoid, and secretive man. Jonson's experience taught him that
exposure invited predators, that darkness was as welcoming as it was
dangerous. Intrigue, half-truths, and suspicion became second nature to
each new Dark Angel. Jonson mistrusted the Terran-born Dark Angels above
all others. While these men formed a minority within the Legion, Jonson
spent by far more time leading them than the Caliban-born Dark Angels.
el'Jonson also systematically removed control from each company
commander and held his Legion's reigns tightly. Each company posted to a
warzone was shadowed by a younger company in secret to report on its
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As the Heresy erupted, the Dark Angels were operating on the
Eastern Fringe of the galaxy. In the interim, Warp storms cut Caliban
off from reliable astrotelepathy, so that only garbled accounts of
current events reached the planet. S

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some were outright fabrications. In their desperation, the elder Dark
Angels tried to leave Caliban and confront Horus. They were prevented by
their younger brethren in a battle that grounded the Marines' vessels
and despoiled Caliban. When the Lion returned, his fleet was fired on
for fear that he had sided with Horus, and that the victors' version of
the uprising had already damned them in Jonson's eyes. Jonson
immediately ordered a full-scale bombardment, and the destruction of
Caliban soon followed.
The canonicity of the novel is hotly debated. Although the Fallen
character (Astelan) is a first-hand witness to events, it is unclear
which of his claims are true, which are deliberate misinformation, and
which are bias. The author, Gav Thorpe, has stated in an interview on Dysartes that the book is not an objective look at the events on Caliban, but a character study of one of the Fallen Angels.